If I could convey one message to the general public about the USS Kearsarge’s mission, it would be this: Off the coast of Nicaragua 1500 Americans, Canadians, Dutch, and even a German are working 18+ hour per day, seven days a week, to provide health care and a better life to the residents of Puerto Cabezas. The Kearsarge is parked three miles off the coast of Puerto Cabezas. For the 100+ medical and humanitarian professions who go ashore each day, this means one hell of a commute. The following is a multimedia time line of an average day in the life of someone on board the USS Kearsarge, using all my own videos and photos: