Initially built as a San Clemente class tanker, the USNS COMFORT (T-AH 20) was converted into a hospital ship and commissioned as a U.S. Navy vessel in 1987. The COMFORT's primary mission is to ...

If you have brittle nails, swollen hands or unusually pale fingertips it may be more than just a damper to your manicure. It could be a telltale sign of a more serious health problem. “The texture of ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Norfolk-based USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is set to begin a three-month deployment on Friday morning as part of the U.S. Navy’s Continuing Promise 2025 mission. The Mercy-class ...

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic — The Norfolk-based hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday, its fourth of six stops on "Continuing Promise 2025", a ...

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship, USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), departed Naval Station Norfolk today and is now underway and making final preparations to support relief efforts in the aftermath of ...

PORTSMOUTH -- A corpsman from Naval Medical Center Portsmouth got some special recognition for his work aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort. Christopher Brossard, who is of Haitian descent, is ...

Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, July 28 for its eighth of nine mission stops during Continuing Promise 2011 (CP11). CP11 personnel will ...

Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) has completed its mission departed the Joint Task Force-Haiti area of operations. Over the course of seven weeks, the ship's U.S military and civilian medical ...

CANCELED: U.S. Fleet Forces recently notified several Navy commands that the Secretary of Defense approved cancellations of their upcoming deployments due to budget limitations imposed by ...

Vice President Mike Pence sends off the ship from Miami on Tuesday. The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort is beginning a five-month humanitarian mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America ...

USNS Comfort to deploy for three-month humanitarian … News / May 29, 2025 / 01:55 PM EDT ...