OPINION | US and Chinese military hospital ships: a growing competition across Pacific islands?

China recently announced a mission to send its military hospital ship, Peace Ark, to the Pacific Islands. This is not surprising, given regional head-to-head competition ..

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USNS Comfort Heading to Colombia to Treat Venezuelan Refugees

USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) is anchored off the coast of Honduras as part of an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative on Dec. 6, 2018. US Navy Photo

Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is excepted in June to start a five-month Caribbean deployment to provide humanitarian and medical assistance to the region, notable to refugees flooding into Colombia from neighboring Venezuela.

Comfort’s departure will mark the...

https://news.usni.org/2019/05/07/usns-comfort-heading-to-colombia-to-treat-venezuelan-refugees