200325-N-HM773-0003 NORFOLK (March 24, 2020) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) takes on fuel and supplies, March 25, 2020, at Naval Station Norfolk. Comfort is preparing to deploy in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore-based hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. (U.S. Navy photo by Jim Kohler/Released)