Bayou La Batre, Ala. - Vice Adm. Regina Benjamin speaks to members of the print and broadcast media July 14, 2010 here after meeting with citizens from a local church to ask how they are coping with the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The Deepwater Horizon response is the largest in U.S. history, and Vice Adm. Benjamin's duties as surgeon general are similar to those of health and safety responders at Incident Command Post Mobile,
Ala,. (ICP), which Vice Adm. Benjamin also visited on July 15. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Zach Zubricki.