Petty Officer 2nd Class Julio Molina, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, Detachment 5 embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, is hoisted down to the deck of the ocean-going tug SVC Tanux II, during a search and rescue medical evacuation. Kearsarge launched a search-and-rescue aircraft in response to an emergency medical distress call. The victim was transported to Guyana for further medical evaluation. Kearsarge is supporting the Caribbean Phase of the humanitarian and civic assistance mission Continuing Promise 2008, an equal partnership mission between the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Erik Barker
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