USNS Comfort in Dominican Republic-2-2

From left: Dominican Health Minister Dr. Daniel Rivera; U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command; Dominican Defense Minister Lieutenant General Carlos Díaz Morfa; and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo Alexander Titolo pose for a photo at the opening ceremony of mission Continuing Promise 2022, in the Dominican Republic, November 30, 2022. (Photo: Geraldine Cook/Diálogo)

Fith grade students at the Gregorio Luperón Elementary School take part in a reading event as part of activities of the USNS Comfort in Santo Domingo, on November 30, 2022. (Photo: Geraldine Cook/Diálogo)

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Dominic Baucco (L), assigned to hospital ship USNS Comfort, draws a blood sample for testing, while Claudia German, a volunteer with Dominican organization Sanar Una Nación, translates for the patient at a medical site in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, November 29, 2022. (Photo: Geraldine Cook/Diálogo)

Participants of the Women’s Health Fair at the Centro Cultural Mauricio Báez do some yoga moves during Continuing Promise 2022 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, November 29, 2022. (Photo: Geraldine Cook/Diálogo)

Dominican Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Dominga Made Zabala, a lawyer, delivers remarks during a Women, Peace, and Security roundtable at the Naval Base in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in support of Continuing Promise 2022, November 28, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Juel Foster)

A U.S. Army animal care specialist team, attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), conducts a subject matter expert exchange at the National Cattlemen’s Board (Patronato Nacional de Ganaderos) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, November 29, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Army Sargent Ruben Rodriguez Santiago)