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10. The Navy already has 3 amphibious ships there doing the same thing

Sun Oct 1, 2017, 11:16 AM

Oct 2017

Somehow I doubt the Comfort will provide any needed services when it finally get there.

Pure PR move at this point.

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USNS Comfort Departs for Puerto Rico [View all] nitpicker Sep 2017 OP

it left NOW??? pansypoo53219 Sep 2017 #1

It's a horror story. They should have been dispatched so long ago. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2017 #2

Sometimes these ships are in the reserve fleet. Throck Sep 2017 #3

Two Weeks?? I don't buy that! mpcamb Oct 2017 #20

The specific ship, subject of the OP. Throck Oct 2017 #21

Normal lag time for the Comfort after receiving orders is 3 to 5 days. mn9driver Sep 2017 #4

A fucking week and a half later. Squinch Sep 2017 #5

me too bdamomma Oct 2017 #13

Had it departed much earlier, it could have sailed right into Maria Vermijelli Sep 2017 #8

The USS Kearsarge skirted around 3 hurricanes enroute to PR Kaleva Sep 2017 #9

Kearsarge is more capable of doing that Vermijelli Oct 2017 #14

The USNS Comfort can take on patients underway, anchored or docked. Kaleva Oct 2017 #17

is that from the Fox News fairy? Skittles Oct 2017 #12

Maybe it's from the El Faro logbook. Vermijelli Oct 2017 #15

HILLARY HAD TO TELL HIM WHAT TO DO Skittles Oct 2017 #16

The Navy already has 3 amphibious ships there doing the same thing Calista241 Oct 2017 #10

Information about the Comfort. Yonnie3 Oct 2017 #11

Yes, but it is difficult. Yonnie3 Oct 2017 #19

I don't think it will be of little use. Yonnie3 Oct 2017 #23