DOD: Helping Hands

No hospital? No problem! Military medical professionals are filling the isolation void by treating some of the most remote patients on Earth.

Meet the Navy’s mobile hospitals Ready to respond to any part of the globe. From minor injuries to major surgeries, they’ve got you covered.

A sailor pushes a wheelchair and walks with a person to a ship.

Comfort Help - A sailor escorts patients to receive care aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 28, 2017. Comfort is moored pier side in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to provide humanitarian relief. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ernest R. Scott

Medical personnel in blue surgical clothes perform surgery in an operating room.

Comfort Operation - Sailors operate on a patient aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort in the Caribbean Sea near San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 18, 2017, while supporting Hurricane Maria relief efforts. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Stephane Belcher

Measure Mission - Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Knight measures roofing materials while building a school in Tawau, Malaysia, April 27, 2018. Activities like this and medical care provided by the crew of the USNS Mercy are part of Pacific Partnership 2018. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Fulton

Pacific Smiles - Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Emily Cates talks with students from a primary school during an expert exchange at a health clinic as part of Pacific Partnership 2016 in Padang, Indonesia, Aug. 26, 2016. Medical personnel from the hospital ship USNS Mercy discussed health information with field experts and students. This is the fifth time Pacific Partnership has visited Indonesia. Australian Air Force photo by Spec. Cpl. David Cotton

Medical Help - Navy Lt. Chad Lomas cares for a child in a Department of Health and Human Services medical tent on a pier in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nov. 3, 2017. Lomas is assigned to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort, which is moored pier side in San Juan to provide humanitarian relief. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ernest R. Scott

A sailor wearing a lei dances with a woman wearing a headscarf.

Bengkulu Boogie - Navy Lt. Kelly Cartwright, U.S. Pacific Fleet bandmaster, dances with a junior high teacher in Bengkulu, Indonesia, April 2, 2018, during a performance and cultural exchange as part of the Pacific Partnership 2018 mission. Navy photo by Seaman Harley K. Sarmiento

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No hospital? No problem! Military medical professionals are filling the isolation void by treating some of the most remote patients on Earth.

Amazon River Ride - A team of five Navy doctors travel to a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil, Nov. 21, 2017, to participate in a month-long humanitarian mission. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Brame

Several service members stand around a patient in a hammock.

Amazon Diagnosis - Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nehkonti Adams helps diagnose an elderly woman on her houseboat near a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil, Nov. 22, 2017. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Brame

A team of U.S. and Brazilian navy doctors walk with residents in a Brazilian village.

Amazon Visit - A team of U.S. and Brazilian navy doctors visit a remote village along the Amazon River in Brazil, Nov. 21, 2017. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Brame

Three service members perform an operation on a patient.

Amazon Ops - Navy Lt. Cmdrs. Robert Lennon, left, and Thomas Barlow, 2nd from left, work with Navy 2nd Lt. Raissa Vieira Sanches, right, to perform an operation on a young woman near the remote town of Beruri on the Amazon River in Brazil, Dec. 7, 2017. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Brame

Amazon Embrace - Navy Lt. Cmdr. Patricia Hogan embraces two children during a humanitarian mission on the Amazon River near the remote village of Santo Antonio do Beruri in Brazil, Nov. 29, 2017. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Brame

Amazon Exam - Navy Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Barlow examines a child's hand during a humanitarian mission in the remote town of Lírio do Vale on the Amazon River in Brazil, Dec. 6, 2017. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Brame

Hurricanes. Floods. Fires. When it comes to natural disasters, we're here to help.

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Hurricanes. Floods. Fires. When it comes to natural disasters,
we're here to help.

A soldier lifts a child onto a rescue vehicle in flood waters while others look on.

Flood Rescue - Texas National Guard soldiers assist residents affected by flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Aug. 27, 2017. National Guard photo by Lt. Zachary West

Three firefighters use hoses to fight a wildfire from a road.

Fire Fight - Firefighters with the Camp Pendleton Fire Department combat a fire in the Santa Margarita/De Luz Housing area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 6, 2018. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon

Service members carry children through knee-high waters, as residents disembark from a boat behind them.

Uplifting Assistance - From left, Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Komi Gayakpa and Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Arturo Platamartinez and Alejandro Lopez carry children to safety while performing search and rescue operations in Lumberton, Texas, Aug. 31, 2017, in Harvey’s aftermath. Courtesy photo

Wildfire Work - National Guardsmen practice containing wildfires at the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training in Salem, Ore., Aug. 3, 2018. Nearly 200 guardsmen volunteered to help fight wildfires around the state. Army National Guard photo by John Hughel

Pull Team - Soldiers pull on a cable while shifting a ramp to dismantle a 100 foot temporary floating bridge at Cache Creek Regional Park, Yolo County, California, July 14, 2018, where it was constructed to support the California Department of Forestry and CAL FIRE efforts to battle Northern California wildfires. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza

Sailors and others unload relief supplies from a helicopter.

Water Line - Sailors and emergency assistance responders transfer supplies off an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter in Villecas, Puerto Rico, Oct. 5, 2017. The sailors are assigned to the USS Wasp, which is assisting with relief efforts following Hurricane Maria. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Levingston Lewis

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