{"id":23017,"date":"2023-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=23017"},"modified":"2023-08-14T18:59:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:59:38","slug":"usns-burlington-arrives-in-almirante-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=23017","title":{"rendered":"USNS Burlington Arrives in Almirante, Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>During Burlington\u2019s time in Panama, U.S. Navy and partner nation medical personnel will work together to provide care in community clinics. The vessel recently returned from participating in UNITAS, the world\u2019s longest-running multinational maritime exercise in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Continuing Promise mission provides a great opportunity for us to join forces to provide aid to the citizens of Almirante, Panama,\u201d said Lt. Cmdr. Michael Fleck, officer in charge aboard Burlington. \u201cWe are eager to work hand in hand to provide medical support to the local community and continue to foster our strong relationship with the country of Panama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Burlington will be in Almirante, Panama for seven days. During the ship\u2019s time in port, U.S. Navy medical personnel will conduct medical engagements, support reconstruction projects within the city, and host several live performances by the U.S. Fleet Forces Band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Sailors are jumping at the opportunity to take part in this mission,\u201d stated Senior Chief Information Systems Technician Anthony Davis, senior enlisted leader aboard Burlington. \u201cBeing able to provide meaningful medical support to those who need it is not something that you get to do every day, and the Burlington crew is ready to help however they can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burlington is an efficient, lightweight and versatile asset that is able to support Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) area of responsibility. The ship has the capability to transport a battalion-sized element, up to 1,000 personnel, or 600 tons of cargo at high speeds.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command\/U.S. 4th Fleet supports U.S. Southern Command\u2019s joint and combined military operations by employing maritime forces in cooperative maritime security operations to maintain access, enhance interoperability, and build enduring partnerships in order to enhance regional security and promote peace, stability and prosperity in the Caribbean, Central and South American region.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about USNAVSO\/4th Fleet at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NAVSOUS4THFLT and @NAVSOUS4THFLT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Burlington\u2019s time in Panama, U.S. Navy and partner nation medical personnel will work together to provide care in community clinics. The vessel recently returned from participating in UNITAS, the world\u2019s longest-running multinational maritime exercise in the world. \u201cThe Continuing Promise mission provides a great opportunity for us to join forces to provide aid to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23017"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23020,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23017\/revisions\/23020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}