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New York, New York

200421-N-EV253-1067 NEW YORK (April 21, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Dennis Matos performs quality control on machinery in the core lab aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort cares for critical and non critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with 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 photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman/Released) Share

New York, New York

200421-N-EV253-1104 NEW YORK (April 21, 2020) Lt. Rebekah Johnson, head of the laboratory department and officer in charge in the blood bank, uses a centrifuge to process a blood sample aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort cares for critical and non critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with 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 photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman/Released) Share

New York, New York

200421-N-EV253-1109 NEW YORK (April 21, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cecil Dorse processes a blood sample to isolate a donor match for patients awaiting transfusions in the blood bank aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort cares for critical and non critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with 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 photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman/Released) Share

New York, New York

200421-N-EV253-1120 NEW YORK (April 21, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Astrid Pereira procures a blood bag aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort cares for critical and non critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with 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 photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman/Released) Share

New York, New York

200421-N-EV253-1125 NEW YORK (April 21, 2020) Lt. Rebekah Johnson, right, head of the laboratory department and officer in charge in the blood bank, and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Cecil Dorse process blood samples to isolate a donor match for patients awaiting transfusions aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort cares for critical and non critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with 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 photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman/Released) Share

New York, New York

200420-N-EV253-1001 NEW YORK (April 20, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Nicolas Defrancisco charts information in a patient ward aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort cares for critical and non critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with 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 photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman) Share

New York, New York

200420-N-EV253-1033 NEW YORK (April 20, 2020) Lt. Curtis Bucek records information prior to treating a patient aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort cares for critical and non critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with 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 photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman) Share

New York, New York

00420-N-EV253-1037 NEW YORK (April 20, 2020) Sailors perform daily tasking in a space recently converted to an intensive care unit (ICU) aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). With this addition, Comfort now houses five ICUs while caring for critical and non-critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with 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 photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman) Share

New York, New York

200420-N-EV253-1045 NEW YORK (April 20, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Breanna Stubbs greets a patient in an intensive care unit aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort cares for critical and non critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with 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 photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman) Share

New York, New York

200420-N-EV253-1053 NEW YORK (April 20, 2020) Ensign Briana Goins charts information in a patient ward aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort cares for critical and non critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with 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 photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman) Share

Orange County, California

200420-N-JW440-1073 Orange County, Calif. (April 20, 2020) John Burgard, a safety officer from California Medical Assistance Team (CAL-MAT) performs a fit test of a N-95 Mask at a skilled nursing facility on Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Xavier Quintanilla, from Gainesville, Ga., assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Mercy is deployed in support of the nation�s COVID-19 response efforts. One of the Department of Defense�s missions is Defense Support of Civil Authorities. DoD is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the lead federal agency, as well as state, local and public health authorities including CAL-MAT and The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL-FIRE) in helping protect the health and safety of the American people. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rawad Madanat/Released) Share

Los Angeles, California

200420-N-PH222-1086 LOS ANGELES (April 20, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Carl Cayetano, from Temecula, Calif., calibrates a mobile x-ray in casualty receiving aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), April 20, 2020. Mercy deployed in support of the nation's COVID-19 response efforts, and serves as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore base hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. One of the Department of Defense's missions is Defense Support of Civil Authorities. DoD is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, as well as state, local and public health authorities in helping protect the health and safety of the American people. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan M. Breeden/Released) Share