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    170223-N-OH262-759 [Image 78 of 537]

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    A large white hospital ship is docked at a pier, identifiable by the prominent red cross symbol painted on its hull. An orange enclosed lifeboat or tender craft (numbered '2') is visible at the waterline, suspended by cables or being lowered/raised via davits. Several crew members or workers are visible on the upper deck, appearing to oversee operations.

    ATLANTIC OCEAN

    02.23.2017

    Photo by Bill Mesta 

    U.S. Navy           

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    ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 23, 2017) Civil service mariners assigned to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort's (T-AH 20) lower the vessel's tender into the water. Comfort's underway period was part of the 2017 Comfort Exercise (COMFEX). The exercise is a quarterly training battery designed to keep the medical personnel, support staff and civil service mariners who serve aboard the ship proficient in their duties. Comfort provides an afloat, mobile, acute surgical medical facility when called upon to the U.S. military, and hospital services to support U.S. disaster relief and humanitarian operations worldwide. (U.S. Navy photo by Bill Mesta/Released)

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    Date Taken: 02.23.2017
    Date Posted: 03.07.2017 00:28
    Photo ID: 3208868
    VIRIN: 170223-N-OH262-759
    Resolution: 2991x2136
    Size: 2.92 MB
    Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN

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