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U.S. Navy Hospital Ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) gets underway from Naval Station Norfolk, June 14.

June 15, 2019

Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Departs Norfolk for Medical Mission

The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) left from Naval Station Norfolk, June 14, to begin its deployment to South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. During its deployment, Comfort will provide medical assistance in support of regional partners and in response to the regional impacts of the Venezuela political and economic crisis.

U.S. Army Spc. Colin Yap, Joint Task Force – Bravo Medical Element medic, pricks the finger of young girl to measure her hemoglobin levels during a Pediatric Medical Readiness Training Exercise May 23, 2019 in La Paz, Honduras. MEDRET missions allow JTF-B medical personnel to train in their areas of expertise, while providing a service and strengthening partnership with the host nation. The service members saw approximately 120 patients during the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

May 31, 2019

JTF-B Assess, Educates Honduran Community

LA PAZ, Honduras — Medics from Joint Task Force - Bravo’s Medical Element (MEDEL) and 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment partnered to help assess the needs of Florida de San Jose, a small community of La Paz, Honduras, during a Pediatric Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE), May 22-23.

May 29, 2019

U.S. Military Helps Provide Medical Care in Guatemala

Medical, dental and vision care was provided by multiple organizations that include Soldiers from the Missouri National Guard Medical Detachment, U.S. Army Reserve 185th Dental Company, U.S. Air Force Reserve 87th Medical Support Squadron, Guatemala Ministry of Public Health, non-governmental organization Florida International University and Guatemalan forces over five days and helped provide needed medical and dental care for citizens of San Sebastian, Huehuetenango.

U.S. service members perform postoperative checks on the last ophthalmology center patient during New Horizons exercise 2019 at Port Mourant, Guyana, May 16, 2019.

May 17, 2019

New Horizons Ophthalmology Teams Give 262 Guyanese the Gift of Sight

U.S. military ophthalmology teams deployed in support of New Horizons exercise 2019 and partnered with Guyanese doctors at the Port Mourant Hospital in Port Mourant, Guyana, May 6-16, 2019.

Beyond the Horizon 2019 officially kicked-off in an opening ceremony that included both U.S. Army and Guatemalan 5th Infantry Brigade Soldiers.

May 15, 2019

Beyond the Horizon 2019 Kicks Off With Opening Ceremony in Guatemala

In a joint, multi-national opening ceremony, Beyond the Horizon 2019 officially kicked off here with the Guatemalan 5th Infantry Brigade and U.S. Forces May 13, 2019.

Representatives from Dominican Republic governmental and non-governmental agencies, alongside partner-nation military representatives, watch simulated water rescues take place in a river near Bajo Yuna, Dominican Republic May 9, 2019 as part of Fuerzas Humanitarias Humanitarias 2019.

May 13, 2019

Multinational Disaster Response Forces Conduct FA-HUM Training in Dominican Republic

Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2019 observed day two of simulated disaster responses, May 9, 2019, in Bajo Yuna, Dominican Republic.

U.S. Army Col. Brian Marzan, Division Chief of U.S. Army South Training and Exercises and co-director of Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias 2019, answers media questions at the opening ceremony of FA-HUM 19.

May 8, 2019

U.S. Army South conducts multinational humanitarian assistance/disaster relief exercise for the Dominican Republic

Over 300 military forces and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief personnel gathered for the opening ceremony for Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias, May 6, 2019, at the Ministry of Defense in Santo Domingo.

A C-17 Globemaster III delivers humanitarian aid from Homestead Air Reserve Base, FL to Cucuta, Colombia February 16, 2019.

Feb. 17, 2019

DoD, DoS, USAID Work Together to Provide Aid for Venezuelans

Three C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Joint Base Charleston, S.C., delivered humanitarian aid to Cucuta, Columbia, Feb. 16, 2019 in coordination with the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development.

Canadian Forces Maj. Davin Schmidt, an oral surgeon from Pembroke, Ontario, performs surgery on Pedro Anton, 8, in an operating room aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort.

Nov. 13, 2018

An 8 Year-Old's Return to Comfort

Distant footsteps lightly echo through the empty passageway. Two figures of different height walk briskly through the hall toward a heavy steel door labeled “General Surgery: Authorized Personnel Only.” Attached at the hand, the smaller of the two, stops abruptly pulling his mother to a halt.

A seven-year-old patient prepares to enter surgery, to repair a cleft palate, aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20).

Nov. 2, 2018

USNS Comfort Begins Mission in Peru

A team comprised of more than 900 personnel, embarked aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), commenced their second mission stop, in Paita, Peru, as part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative, Oct. 30.