070703-N-4238B-045 CARIBBEAN SEA (July 3, 2007) Ð Public Health Service (PHS) Capt. Craig Shepherd, an environmental health officer aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), and Capt. Bruce Boynton, Medical Treatment Facility commanding officer, promote PHS Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Tredway, a surgical nurse attached to Comfort. The ceremony was the first of its kind at sea for the PHS. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean to provide medical treatment to approximately 85,000 patients in a dozen countries. While dep


070703-N-4238B-045 CARIBBEAN SEA (July 3, 2007) Ð Public Health Service (PHS) Capt. Craig Shepherd, an environmental health officer aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), and Capt. Bruce Boynton, Medical Treatment Facility commanding officer, promote PHS Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Tredway, a surgical nurse attached to Comfort. The ceremony was the first of its kind at sea for the PHS. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean to provide medical treatment to approximately 85,000 patients in a dozen countries. While deployed, Comfort is under operational control of Naval Forces Southern Command and tactical control of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 24. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelly E. Barnes (RELEASED) US Navy 070703-N-4238B-045 Capt. Bruce Boynton, Medical Treatment Facility commanding officer, promote PHS Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Tredway, a surgical nurse attached to Comfort


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