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Sailors prepare to release the mooring lines from a hospital ship.

Comfort Deployment

Sailors prepare to release the mooring lines before the hospital ship USNS Comfort departs Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Oct. 19, 2022. Comfort is deploying in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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