U.S. Southern Command Photo Gallery
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190711-N-BV658-1033 CALLAO, Peru (July 11, 2019) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Heath Velasquez, from Kansas City, Mo., assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), speaks to a patient at a temporary medical treatment site. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems strained by an increase in Venezuelan migrants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kryzentia Richards)