USNS Comfort Personnel Conduct a Knowledge Exchange with Ecuadorian Personnel [Image 5 of 5]

ESMERALDAS, ECUADOR

10.27.2018

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron M Bewkes 

Navy Public Affairs Support Element East - (Active)

181027-N-RU084-1150 ESMERALDAS, Ecuador (Oct. 27, 2018) – U.S., Canadian and Ecuadorian service members, partner nation and non-governmental organization personnel pose for a group photo following the conclusion of a multi-nation information exchange meeting on medicine in a tactical environment. USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is on an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative. Working with health and government partners in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Honduras, the embarked medical team will provide care on board and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems caused partly by an increase in cross-border migrants. The deployment reflects the United States’ enduring promise of friendship, partnership and solidarity with the Americas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Aaron Bewkes/Released)

• Date Taken: 10.27.2018
• Date Posted: 10.29.2018 17:18
• Photo ID: 4856047
• VIRIN: 181027-N-RU084-1150
• Resolution: 3878x2770
• Size: 2.04 MB
• Location: ESMERALDAS, EC