190702-N-AM903-1041 MANTA, Ecuador (July 2, 2019) Hospitalman Darious Palmer, from Long Beach, California, assigned to USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), takes a patient’s dental x-ray at a temporary medical treatment site. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems strained by an increase in Venezuelan migrants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Martinez Martinez)