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Local U.S. Marine Supports USNS Comfort

  • Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet
  • April 4, 2020 | 1:19

NEW YORK (April 4, 2020) U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Anthony Edwards, from New York and assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force, provides support for the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort cares for trauma, emergency and urgent care patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with the Javits New York Medical Station as an integrated system to relieve the New York City medical system, in support of U.S. Northern Command’s Defense Support of Civil Authorities as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adelola Tinubu/Released)