Commissioned Corps Photo Gallery

USNS Comfort

Photo thumbnail: The USNS Comfort anchored off the coast of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala.

Photo thumbnail: CDR Steve Johnson, USPHS dentist, provides dental care in Valley of Peace, Belize.

Photo thumbnail: CAPT Craig Shepherd, Officer in Charge, aboard a helicopter.

Photo thumbnail: CAPT Cynthia Kunkel, USPHS environmental health officer, enjoying her ride as a passenger aboard one of the two helicopters (Painkiller 51 and 44) assigned to the USNS Comfort.

Photo thumbnail: CAPT Cynthia Kunkel, environmental health officer, collecting a water sample at a house near Costa Brava in El Salvador.

Photo thumbnail: LCDR Shirley, a Navy surgeon, and CDR Lowell, a USPHS surgeon, repair a child’s club foot.

Photo thumbnail: CAPT Shepherd and his fellow officers distributed stuff animals in a rural community near Trujillo, Peru.

Photo thumbnail: CDR Jeffrey Lowell performed and/or assisted on approximately 50 operations while aboard the USNS Comfort.

Photo thumbnail: This photo was taken at Delfina Rivas, El Salvador. LT Charles Brucklier, USPHS dental hygienist, placing dental sealants on an El Salvadoran boy.

Photo thumbnail: A team of Commissioned Corps officers is serving on the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Navy hospital ship that departed Norfolk, VA,

Photo thumbnail: LCDR Joseph Simon speaks to patients in Colombia.

Photo thumbnail: LCDR Lisa Starnes treats a patient in Manta, Ecuador.

Photo thumbnail: CDR Thomas White treats a patient in Colombia.

Photo thumbnail: CDR Kevin Prohaska treats a patient in Peru.

Photo thumbnail: Crowd of patients in Trujillo, Peru.

Photo thumbnail: CDR Elvira Hall-Robinson with an 8-day old puppy.

Photo thumbnail: LT Jason Mangum uses a smoke tube to determine airflow direction in an isolation room.

Photo thumbnail: LT Jason Mangum commuting to work from the USNS Comfort aboard the hospitality boat.

Photo thumbnail: The crowd of patients in Port of Spain at the Moultan Hall Methodist School waiting for treatment was so large that local police were brought in to help control the crowds.

Photo thumbnail: After leaving the temporary provider site Moulton Methodist School in Trinidad, Acting Surgeon General RADM Kenneth P. Moritsugu was interviewed by a local radio station.

Photo thumbnail: Acting Surgeon General RADM Kenneth P. Moritsugu and CAPT Bruce Boynton, Commanding Officer – USNS Comfort, have a post-breakfast discussion.

Photo thumbnail: Acting Surgeon General RADM Kenneth P. Moritsugu visits the temporary provider site Moulton Methodist School in Trinidad and speaks with pharmacy personnel.

Photo thumbnail: Acting Surgeon General RADM Kenneth P. Moritsugu is interviewed by Public Affairs Office personnel at a pierside temporary dental clinic while Corps dental hygienists provide care.

Photo thumbnail: CAPT Mary Reichler examines a police officer in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

Photo thumbnail: Dental hygienists LCDR Vickie Owens (right) and CDR Sandra Ferguson (left) treat a child at Groves Elementary School in Guyana.

Photo thumbnail: CAPT Sandra Shire treats a boy at Groves Elementary School in Guyana.

Photo thumbnail: Teaching at the Dr. Cheddi Jagan Dental School in Guyana.

Photo thumbnail: Teaching at the Dr. Cheddi Jagan Dental School in Guyana.

Photo thumbnail: Dental hygienists LTJG Nicole Langenderfer (left) and LTJG Paula Gomez (background) apply fluoride varnish to a patient in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Photo thumbnail: Dentist LCDR Janice Kim (left) and an Air Force dental hygienist work together on a patient in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Photo thumbnail: Dentist CAPT Angel Rodriguez-Espada examines teeth in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Photo thumbnail: Physician CAPT Louisa Chapman presents the slide, “What is a newly emerged strain of flu? Influenza Viruses & Antigenic Change” at a training in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Secretary Mike Leavitt with dentist LCDR Janice Kim at the University Hospital de la Paix in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Photo thumbnail: Secretary Mike Leavitt (center) at a press conference in front of the hospital after the tour of the University Hospital de la Paix in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Photo thumbnail: Secretary Mike Leavitt and Haiti Minster of Health Robert Auguste answer questions at a press conference at the University Hospital de la Paix in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.