Through a Mother's Eyes

RIOHACHA, COLOMBIA

11.28.2018

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Benjamin Liston 

Navy Public Affairs Support Element East - (Active)

181128-N-DH811-1002 RIOHACHA, Colombia (Nov. 28, 2018) -- Rubeleth Parra holds her daughter, Emily, a 3-year-old patient, in the pediatric ward aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Emily received surgery aboard the Comfort to have a mass removed from her right eyelid. Comfort 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: 11.28.2018
• Date Posted: 12.07.2018 01:38
• Photo ID: 4949361
• VIRIN: 181128-N-DH811-1002
• Resolution: 5568x3712
• Size: 8.72 MB
• Location: RIOHACHA, CO