NewsWhore
11-11-2011, 03:10 PM
The High Speed Vessel (HSV) 2 Swift, Captained by Commander Garry Wright is in the Port of Santo Domingo for training exercises and information exchanges with Dominican Naval officers, the HSV-Southern Partnership Station (2012) for three weeks, through 28 November. On board is Dominican-born Sergeant Major Garibaldi Perez, who left the DR at the age of 18 and joined the US Navy when he was 24. He told El Caribe that he dreams of returning to the country and misses fried foods, Johnnycakes, the corner store and his family and friends.
All branches of US military service are represented on Swift. Specialists from the Seabees, Marines, medical and veterinary fields, Naval Criminal Investigatory Services (NCIS), Expeditionary Security Team (EST), and Maritime Civil Affairs Team (MCAT) are aboard Swift for this mission.
As part of their program of activities, the US Navy Seabee and US Marine detachment from Swift is scheduled to complete minor renovations on the Rafaella Santaella Primary School. The 15-day construction project will include fencing, minor plumbing and electrical maintenance, and other small repairs.
Marines from Swift are scheduled to participate in a small unit leadership course with Dominican marines at 27 de Febrero Naval Base. The course will last three weeks and will include land navigation, marksmanship, first aid and tactics.
Sixty-four pallets of Project Handclasp materials consisting of water filtering canisters, 64,152 high calorie meals, medical equipment, 108 personal energy transport carts, and 14 pallets of school desks are scheduled to be offloaded 11 Nov, to be donated to local organizations all over the country as part of Project Handclasp, a US Navy program that accepts and transports educational, humanitarian and goodwill material donated by US private sector on a space available basis aboard US Navy ships for distribution to foreign nation recipients.
Southern Partnership Station is an annual deployment of US ships to the US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility in the Caribbean, Central and South America. The mission's primary goal is information sharing with navies, coast guards and civilians in the region.
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All branches of US military service are represented on Swift. Specialists from the Seabees, Marines, medical and veterinary fields, Naval Criminal Investigatory Services (NCIS), Expeditionary Security Team (EST), and Maritime Civil Affairs Team (MCAT) are aboard Swift for this mission.
As part of their program of activities, the US Navy Seabee and US Marine detachment from Swift is scheduled to complete minor renovations on the Rafaella Santaella Primary School. The 15-day construction project will include fencing, minor plumbing and electrical maintenance, and other small repairs.
Marines from Swift are scheduled to participate in a small unit leadership course with Dominican marines at 27 de Febrero Naval Base. The course will last three weeks and will include land navigation, marksmanship, first aid and tactics.
Sixty-four pallets of Project Handclasp materials consisting of water filtering canisters, 64,152 high calorie meals, medical equipment, 108 personal energy transport carts, and 14 pallets of school desks are scheduled to be offloaded 11 Nov, to be donated to local organizations all over the country as part of Project Handclasp, a US Navy program that accepts and transports educational, humanitarian and goodwill material donated by US private sector on a space available basis aboard US Navy ships for distribution to foreign nation recipients.
Southern Partnership Station is an annual deployment of US ships to the US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility in the Caribbean, Central and South America. The mission's primary goal is information sharing with navies, coast guards and civilians in the region.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)