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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Devin Watson, troop commander, gives remarks during the closing ceremony for the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Castries, St. Lucia, March 6, 2024. Watson said the mission was the pinnacle of his military and professional career, as it provided him and the LAMAT team an opportunity to gain critical knowledge and build lasting relationships. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Madeline Herzog)

March 6, 2024

LAMAT medical assistance mission ends in St. Lucia successfully

CASTRIES, St. Lucia — After two weeks of high-volume patient care, alongside local medical personnel, the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission concluded in St. Lucia, March 8, 2024.

Lt. Col. Gentry Mobley, Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team Mission Commander, provides a briefing at U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Miami on Jan. 26, 2023.

Feb. 1, 2023

SOUTHCOM Provides Medical Assistance to Lesser Antilles

Following in the wake of the United States Naval Ship Comfort's recent deployment for operation Continuing Promise, U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) has kicked off operation Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) this week beginning with the arrival of U.S. Military personnel at USSOUTHCOM headquarters in Miami Florida, January 25, 2023

The hospital ship USNS Comfort anchored off the coast of Castries, Saint Lucia.

Sept. 27, 2019

Comfort Arrives in Saint Lucia to Provide Medical Assistance

The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Castries, Saint Lucia, for its eighth medical mission stop in Central America, South America and the Caribbean, Sept. 23.