January 14, 2010

USNS Comfort Being Deployed To Haiti

By Tim | January 14, 2010 | Tags: , Caribbean, Northern America |

President Obama said today that USNS Comfort is being deployed to Haiti.

USNS ComfortImage: US Navy

USNS Comfort

USNS Comfort is a medical treament facility that is “capable of providing a full hospital service asset for use by other government agencies involved in the support of relief and humanitarian operations worldwide,” the Navy says.

Follow US relief efforts via the Navy’s newly created Haiti relief Twitter account: @NavyNews/haiti-relief

 

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