Sailors Aboard USNS Comfort Prepare to Deploy

Sailors aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) prepare to deploy in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore-based hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. One of the Department of Defense’s missions is Defense […]

Allied airlift delivers COVID-19 supplies to Slovakia

A NATO strategic airlift programme helped deliver urgently needed medical supplies to Slovakia on 25 March 2020. An Antonov AN-124 transport ferried facemasks, surgical gloves, protective suits and other supplies on a nonstop flight that started in Leipzig/Halle airport, Germany, stopped for cargo in Tianjin, China, and landed in Bratislava. The aircraft was chartered under […]

USNS Mercy arrives in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (March 27, 2020) – Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrives in Los Angeles, March 27. Mercy deployed in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore base hospitals to focus their efforts […]