Patient Food Services Aboard USNS Comfort - New York City
Channel: U.S. Navy
Date: 07/04/2020

NEW YORK CITY (April 3, 2020) – U.S. Navy Hospitalman Ian Murphy is a food service attendant who helps prepare and deliver food to patients aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts. Comfort serves as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore-based hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. One of the Department of Defense's missions is Defense Support of Civil Authorities. DoD is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, as well as state, local and public health authorities in helping protect the health and safety of the American people. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Bigley)