USNS Comfort conducts medical evacuation drill [Image 13 of 32]

MANTA, ECUADOR

07.03.2019

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nall Morgan    

U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet

190703-N-IA905-1038 MANTA, Ecuador (July 3, 2019) Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Brandon Palmer, from Goldsboro, N.C., and Lt. j.g. Olivia Nuzzo, a Navy nurse from Brooklyn, N.Y., both assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), prepare to hoist a simulated patient during a medical evacuation drill. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems strained by an increase in Venezuelan migrants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Morgan K. Nall)

• Date Taken: 07.03.2019
• Date Posted: 07.04.2019 10:43
• Photo ID: 5555930
• VIRIN: 190703-N-IA905-1038
• Resolution: 3963x2642
• Size: 777.32 KB
• Location: MANTA, EC