Four Continuing Promise 2010 (CP10) members of the US Marine Service with Guyanese roots will meet their relatives here on Friday.
According to a press release, Marine Cpl John Charles Eversley II, Navy First Class Petty Office Kurt Powdar, Petty Officer Third Class Daniel Singh and Army Captain Devicka Sahadeo all currently support Continuing Promise 2010 – Partnership of the Americas – a US SouthCom and Commander, Fourth Fleet/Navy Southern Command Humani-tarian Civic Assistance Mission.
Eversley, who lives in Baltimore, MD, is assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Command Element and has an aunt, uncle and cousins who live in Guyana. His paternal grandparents and his father were all born in Guyana. Eversley has served in the US Marine Corps for three years and currently serves in the motor transportation division providing cargo movement and support for land-based communications. He also has ties to New York and sees CP10 as “an opportunity of a lifetime” that is “history in the making.”
Sahadeo, who is currently stationed in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a medical planner for the 807th Medical Command Deployment Support. She was born in Berbice. Sahadeo joined the US Army in 1998 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from St Francis College. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Administration. Sahadeo has a number of relatives in Berbice. “I am grounded by family and strive to contribute to society as much as possible. I jumped at the opportunity to be a part of this mission because it is [an] excellent opportunity to help my fellow brothers and sisters in need,” she said. Sahadeo said her family migrated to the US in 1985 and her immediate family settled in the Bronx. She said too she lived at that location for 24 years.
Singh, who resides in Orlando, Florida, is assigned to the USS Iwo Jima’s security division. He has family in both Berbice and Essequibo and has served in the Navy for three and a half years.
According to the release during the four-month CP10 mission over 1,500 military personnel and a total of 120 NGO personnel provide medical, dental, veterinary, engineering, community relations and subject matter expert exchange to eight Latin and Central American countries.
