Lt. Cmdr. April Gilbrech, a preoperative nurse from Beech Grove, assigned to hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), sterilizes the face of a young Colombian patient before surgery aboard the ship. Comfort is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
Sailors attached to hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) and the Colombian navy present their nation’s flags during a closing ceremony on Nov. 18 signaling the end of the Colombia portion of Continuing Promise 2022 on the pier next to Comfort.