Lt. Charles Brucklier, U.S. Public Health Service officer, attached to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort, performs dental care for Manuel Espinoza at the 15 de Julio Health Care Center. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean to provide medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries. While deployed, Comfort is under the operational control of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and tactical control of Destroyer Squadron 24.