USNS Comfort departs Norfolk for Continuing Promise 2009

NORFOLK (April 1, 2009) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departs from Naval Station Norfolk for a four-month deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of focus in support of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. Fourth Fleets Continuing Promise 2009 (CP09). Comfort provides the region a mobile, flexible and rapidly responsive afloat medical capability for a number of missions and training opportunities in the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Navy video/Released)