190726-N-AM903-1102 PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica (July 26, 2019) Lt. jg. Rhoneli Merilos, right, from Panorama, Calif., embarked aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), applies a protective paste to a child's teeth 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)