"Hospital Ships: A Vital Asset for SOUTHCOM and South American Navies"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
The Southern Tide
Center for International Maritime Security
24 January 2023
Originally published: https://cimsec.org/hospital-ships-a-vital-asset-for-southcom-and-south-american-navies/
The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) has returned to Latin American waters, as the vessel carried out a medical assistance mission across the Caribbean from October to December 2022. This is the first time in years Comfort has been in the region since the pandemic begun. Other South American navies also have hospital vessels that carry out similar missions, primarily for their domestic populations. Hospital ships are some of the region’s most vital yet underappreciated assets, while also being one of the most tangible elements of how many regional populations interact with navies. The U.S. and regional countries should consider the benefits of hospital ship operations with a view toward potentially investing in more of these valuable vessels.
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