190703-N-XL376-2349 MANTA, Ecuador (July 3 , 2019) Lt. Cmdr. Michael R. Krok, from Pinehurst, North Carolina, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), performs physical therapy on a patient at a medical 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 3rd Class Maria G. Llanos/Released)