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Military Hospital Ships Core Staff Report for Duty to Help in COVID-19 Crisis

Carla Babb

   WASHINGTON - Key medical staff for the USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort
   hospital ships have reported for duty to get the ships ready to deploy
   to areas overwhelmed with coronavirus cases, said the military officer
   in charge of putting the teams together.

   The Mercy's destination port has not yet been determined, but U.S. Navy
   Surgeon General Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham told reporters Thursday at
   the Pentagon that the goal is to have the ship sail out of San Diego
   Harbor next week.

   The Comfort'¯is undergoing maintenance in Norfolk,'¯Virginia,'¯and will
   deploy to New York'¯Harbor'¯in the coming weeks.'¯'¯

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