171030-N-PG340-014 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Oct. 30, 2017) Patients gather at a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services medical tent in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to be seen by the Disaster Medical Assistance Team aboard the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T- AH 20). Comfort is pierside in San Juan providing humanitarian relief. The Department of Defense is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stephane Belcher/Released)