Crew of Comfort Provides Medical Aid in Costa Rica [Image 17 of 17]

PUNTA ARENAS, COSTA RICA

07.25.2019

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Danny Nunez 

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

190725-N-MU198-1415 PUNTA ARENAS, Costa Rica (July 25, 2019) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Charles Simmons, from Orangeburg, South Carolina, and Lt. j.g. Jason McCain, assigned to hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), demonstrate oral hygiene practices at a temporary medical site. 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 3rd Class Danny Ray Nuñez Jr.)

• Date Taken: 07.25.2019
• Date Posted: 07.26.2019 12:22
• Photo ID: 5616537
• VIRIN: 190725-N-MU198-1415
• Resolution: 3340x2386
• Size: 822.42 KB
• Location: PUNTA ARENAS, CR