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Navy Seabees, with help from the Marines of 8th Engineer Support Battalion, began construction to replace the roof of a medical facility about five miles from the coast of Port-de-Paix, Haiti, July 27, as a part of a U.S. Southern Command joint relief effort titled “Continuing Promise 2010.”

This facility, forced to shut down due to structural damage to the roof caused by a recent hurricane, is one of only two medical facilities in the area.

Read more about the relief effort on the official U.S. Marine Corps Web site.

Marines with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Logistics Combat Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 work together to install sheet metal on a hospital roof in Port-de Paix, Haiti, July 29, 2010. CP10 is a collaborative effort that involves military and civilian personnel providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Caribbean, Central and South America.