RIOHACHA, Colombia (Nov. 26, 2018) – Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Laura Lopez, from Santa Fe, Texas, checks in a 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 3rd Class Pat Morrissey/Released)
STRAITS OF MALACCA (Nov. 24, 2018) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Ciara Heath, from Philadelphia, stands watch aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93). Chung-Hoon is underway conducting routine operations as part of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3 in the U.S. Pacific Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Logan C. Kellums)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 20, 2018) Seaman Laury Champange, from Long Island, New York, stands watch as the phone talker aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) during a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis and Spruance are underway conducting routine operations as part of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3 in the U.S. Pacific Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan D. McLearnon)
Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Pat Pillow receives a cup of grapes from U.S. Air Force Col. Sherri LeVan, 55th Wing vice commander, Nov. 22, 2018 during a Thanksgiving feast at the Ronald L. King dining facility on Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Serving meals at at the dining facility is an annual Thanksgiving tradition for USSTRATCOM and 55th Wing leadership as a way to say thank you to Team Offutt members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Charles J. Haymond)
Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Ryley Wilson holds up a sea turtle before releasing it into the water offshore Cape Henry, Virginia, Nov. 18, 2018. Coast Guard crewmembers and personnel from the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island released 14 sea turtles into warmer waters after their rehabilitation from being cold stunned. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Jaime Brady)
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Casey Lawrence, a Base Kodiak yeoman, loves Kodiak, Alaska so much that her and her husband have purchased their retirement home in Kodiak. Lawrence and her family enjoy all that the Alaskan outdoors has to offer. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charly Hengen.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Catherine Lorenz undergoes a refresher course in using the SeaWatch system developed by C3CEN in Portsmouth, VA Sept. 24, 2018. SeaWatch combines multiple ship-board communications, sensors and navigation systems into a single integrated platform for increased efficiency and situational awareness in cutters. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Auxiliarist Andy Winz/Released.
RIOHATCHA, Colombia (Nov. 26, 2018) – Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Sabrina Greene, from Atlanta, lets a patient draw a smiley face on her hand while she checks them into one of two medical sites. The 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.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kris R. Lindstrom/Released