070615-N-6278K-231 Atlantic Ocean (June 15, 2007) – The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) sails off the coast of Virginia shortly after getting underway from Naval Station Norfolk June 15 to start a multi-month humanitarian assistance deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment to approximately 85,000 patients in a dozen countries. Comfort is under operational control of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and tactical control of Destroyer Squadron 24. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW/SW) Joan Kretschmer. (RELEASED)