USNS Comfort is deployed as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2022 mission. Teams from the Comfort will provide care and services in 5 nations.
Royal Navy ship HMS Medway and US Coast Guard boarding team seized more than 400kg of cocaine from a boat in the Caribbean Sept. 29, 2022. After an overnight operation to secure the contraband and detain the crew, the vessel was sunk by Medway’s gunnery team. (Royal Navy photo)
Interview with Maj. Shaw and Maj. Peters, 188th Medical Group, reporting on efforts by the Arkansas Air National Guard in Guatemala during USNS Comfort's Continuing Promise 2022 humanitarian mission.
U.S. Marines and partner nation forces recently trained together during exercise UNITAS LXIII in order to increase proficiency in conducting security and humanitarian missions.

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USNS Comfort Completes Second Mission Stop of Continuing Promise 2022 in Honduras
PUERTO CORTES, Honduras (Nov. 6, 2022) A Sailor assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T- AH 20), conducts a patient roll call before checking the patients out, Nov. 6, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S Navy photo by Cmdr. Myers Vasquez)
Nov. 8, 2022 - PUERTO CORTES, Honduras -- U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) completed its second mission stop of Continuing Promise 2022 in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, Nov. 7, 2022.

USNS Comfort Arrives in Honduras for Continuing Promise 2022
221103-N-TR141-1557 PUERTO CORTES, Honduras (Nov. 3, 2022) Capt. Kathryn S. Elliott, from left, commanding officer of the Medical Treatment Facility aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), Honduran navy Capt. Juan De Jesus, deputy commodore for Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 4, Rear Adm. Douglas W. Sasse, III, Reserve Vice Commander, U.S. 4th Fleet, and Capt. Bryan Carmichael, commodore of PHIBRON 4, meet after the ship arrived for Continuing Promise 22 in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, Nov. 3, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of CP22, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin Lewis)
Nov. 7, 2022 - PUERTO CORTES, Honduras - Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) moored in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, following the passage of Hurricane Lisa, in support of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet's Continuing Promise 2022 (CP22) mission, Nov. 3.

U.S. Southern Command, FIU Host IUU Fishing Conference in Search of Solutions
MIAMI (Nov. 2, 2022) – Amb. Jean Manes, Civilian Deputy to the Commander for U.S. Southern Command, gives closing remarks at a SOUTHCOM-Florida International University (FIU) hosted Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Conference at the university’s campus. The conference convened senior U.S. government leaders and subject matter experts from across the government, non-profits, civil society, academia, and private industry Nov. 2 to discuss the fight against IUU fishing, which jeopardizes global food and economic security. (Photo by Steven McLoud, U.S. Southern Command Public Affairs)
Nov. 3, 2022 - The U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), in conjunction with Florida International University (FIU), convened senior U.S. government leaders and subject matter experts from across the government, non-profits, civil society, academia, and private industry at the university’s campus Nov. 2 for talks on how to better understand information sharing initiatives and challenges, and leverage emerging technologies to counter illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing and improve monitoring of the maritime domain.

Joint Task Force Guantanamo Change of Command
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lance Okamura relinquished command of Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) to U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Scott Hiipakka, during a ceremony Oct. 21, 2022, at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.  (Joint Task Force Guantanamo photo)
Nov. 1, 2022 - U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lance Okamura relinquished command of Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) to U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Scott Hiipakka, during a ceremony Oct. 21, 2022, at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

USNS Comfort Delays Port Visit in Honduras Due to Tropical Storm
MIAMI (Oct. 23, 2022) -- Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrives in Miami. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Erica Bechard)
Nov. 1, 2022 - Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) postpones its scheduled visit to Honduras on Nov. 1, 2022, in response to Tropical Storm Lisa currently strengthening in the Caribbean Sea.

USNS Comfort Completes First Mission Stop of Continuing Promise 2022 in Guatemala
Nov. 1, 2022 - U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) completed its first mission stop of Continuing Promise 2022 in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, Oct. 31, 2022.

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