Tucked within the Defense Department budget recently passed for the current year is funding for a unique medical ship for the Navy – one constructed to operate like an ambulance instead of a hospital.
The builders and Navy officials state that such a re-imagined vessel, dubbed the Expeditionary Medical Ship, is designed to facilitate easy movement and rapid responses in shallow littorals and expanses of a future OT like the Pacific.
The service strives to develop a pool of skilled and...