191005-N-DZ642-0102 BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts And Nevis (Oct. 5, 2019) Capt. Patrick Amersbach, left, commanding officer of the medical treatment facility aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20); Wendy Phipps, senator for the Ministry of Health; Dr. Timothy Harris, prime minister of St. Kitts and Nevis; Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton, governor general of St. Kitts and Nevis; U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Linda Taglialatela; and Capt. Brian Diebold, commander of Task Force 49; cut a ribbon to mark the start of Comfort's six-day medical mission stop in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, Oct. 5, 2019. 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, including those strained by an increase in cross-border migrants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bobby J Siens/Released)