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SATTAHIP, Thailand — In a lush jungle setting at Sattahip, Thailand, about 20 miles south of Pattaya, lies a 1,000-acre field, complete with a mountain, where three elephants roam free within, just as nature intended. ,

Lt. Cmdr. Kami Tabor, a native of Monroe City, Missouri, recently participated in Continuing Promise 2023, while serving aboard USNS Burlington. Continuing Promise 2023, executed by U.S. Naval …

A team from the U.S. Navys Southern Command is in Trinidad on its Continuing Promise 2023 mission. The team is providing support and training to the Ministry of Health, the

Lt. Chelsea Sheehy, Military Times' 2023 Coast Guardsman of the Year, ensures her crew has the training and resources they need to achieve their goals.

In a terrifying incident caught on video, two people fell overboard during a personnel transfer to the USNS Comfort. This Navy hospital ship stopped off the coast of Haiti in December 2022 during its Continuing Promise mission. Although the two sailors reportedly sustained only minor injuries, the event has once again put a spotlight on one of the key hazards faced by seamen and offshore workers alike: maritime personnel transfers. The risk presented by personnel transfers at sea is as old as th...

The United States is facing increased competition in a number of sectors, especially from China in the Western Hemisphere, raising new security concerns, the head of U.S. Southern Command said Thursday. Army Gen. Lara Richardson, speaking at the Atlantic Council, questioned the People’s Republic of China’s investment in infrastructure in Central and South America. “We […]

Ten members of the Fleet Forces Band recently returned from a deployment aboard the USNS Comfort. They made stops in Guatemala, Colombia, Honduras, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

USNS Comfort will be home for Christmas following a two-month deployment to the Caribbean and Central and South America.

During its deployment, the floating hospital made stops in Guatemala, Honduras, Columbia, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, providing humanitarian assistance to the five partner nations.

USNS Comfort will return to Naval Station Norfolk Wednesday. The hospital ship, easily recognized by its stark white hull and bold red crosses, departed Norfolk on Oct. 19 as part of its Continuing Promise 2022 mission.