USNS Comfort Personnel Treat Patients at Land Based Medical Sites in Peru [Image 6 of 8]

PAITA, PERU

10.30.2018

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Benjamin Liston 

Navy Public Affairs Support Element East - (Active)

181030-N-DH811-1023 PAITA, Peru (Oct. 30, 2018) – Mexican Army Maj. Didier Escobar, an optometrist, gives an eye exam to a young patient at one of two medical sites. The hospital ship 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 2nd Class Benjamin T. Liston/Released)

• Date Taken: 10.30.2018
• Date Posted: 11.01.2018 23:15
• Photo ID: 4866260
• VIRIN: 181030-N-DH811-1023
• Resolution: 5568x3712
• Size: 14.6 MB
• Location: PAITA, PE