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Hospital ship Comfort healing, hugging Haitians
The USNS Comfort lived up to its name today as the medics and crew of the hospital ship continued to provide medical aid to the residents of this devastated land. In short, it was a very busy day as the medics tended to some of the most challenging cases caused by the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Jan. 12. By mid-afternoon today, more than 160 Haitian patients were admitted to the floating hospital. Surgeries were performed … Read entire article »
Hospital ship Comfort racing to Haiti
Here’s a little bit about USNS Comfort, currently heading to Haiti: The Navy hospital ship, USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), homeported in Baltimore, deployed Jan. 16 to support the relief efforts in Haiti’s capital along with USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and USS Bataan (LHD 5). A medical team of 550 Navy doctors, nurses, technicians and support staff will provide a host of medical services to include primary care, trauma care, pediatric care and orthopedic care upon … Read entire article »
Hospital ship Comfort sails for Haiti
It’s pretty amazing that the USNS Comfort is able to do what it does. This ship, now going to Haiti to provide relief for a ravaged country, has a caretaker crew most of the time. About 80 sailors and another 60 civilian mariners maintain the ship between deployments. The Comfort deploys for scheduled operations about once every two years. The ship came back from a deployment providing humanitarian aid last year. But the earthquake in Haiti – … Read entire article »
Earthquake in Haiti update for January 13 evening
Coast Guard Update The U.S. Coast Guard, the first Department of Homeland Security agency to provide assistance to Haiti following Tuesday’s earthquake, continues to provide support Wednesday to the U.S. Government’s humanitarian assistance and disaster response efforts.The aircrew of a Coast Guard H-60 Jayhawk helicopter medically evacuated four, critically injured U.S. citizens from the U.S. Embassy Wednesday morning and a second medevac of five people was conducted Wednesday afternoon. The injured were transported to the U.S. Naval … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Military, Original writing, Reporting
Continuing Promise 2009 in El Salvador
Previous in series Table of contents for Continuing Promise 2009Continuing Promise 2009 BeginsOur Best: Seaman Gina HeggIt Depends Which End of the Cow You’re AtOur Best: Cmdr. Alison LeFebvreContinuing Promise 2009 in El Salvador … Read entire article »
Filed under: Humanitarian Assistance, Military, Our Best: Military Women
Continuing Promise 2009 Begins
This is the yearly humanitatian effort in Latin America run by the US Navy. Continuing Promise 2008 stories begin here. Several dozen pallets stretched across a docking area yesterday – a fraction of those waiting to be loaded onto trucks for distribution throughout Haiti – providing a tangible symbol of evolving partnerships officials call key to Continuing Promise 2009′s success. Navy Capt. Robert G. Lineberry Jr., commodore and tactical commander of the hospital ship USNS Comfort, presided at a ceremonial handover of more than 350 pallets of humanitarian support donated by international aid groups. Comfort, making the first stop of its four-month humanitarian assistance mission through the region, transported the pallets of 1.4 million meals, medical supplies, blankets, baby wipes and hygiene supplies to Haiti from the United States. After … Read entire article »
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