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U.S. Navy Ensign Becky Dickey paints a wall during a community relations project in Limon, Costa Rica, on Aug. 24, 2010. The USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is in Costa Rica to support Continuing Promise 2010, a humanitarian and civic assistance mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff embarked aboard the Iwo Jima worked with partner nation teams to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance to improve mutual understanding of medical issues and technology.

Ensign Becky Dickey paints a wall during a community relations project.

U.S. Navy Ensign Becky Dickey paints a wall during a community relations project in Limon, Costa Rica, on Aug. 24, 2010. The USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is in Costa Rica to support Continuing Promise 2010, a humanitarian and civic assistance mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff embarked aboard the Iwo Jima worked with partner nation teams to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance to improve mutual understanding of medical issues and technology.

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