Disaster relief efforts to the battered Caribbean nation of Haiti

TERMINAL VARREUX, Haiti (Jan. 23, 2009) Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Frank Pontrelli, from Chicago, Ill., commands a stretcher bearer team transporting a Haitian patient in route to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort is operating off the coast of Haiti supporting Operation Unified Response, providing a full spectrum of hospital services to support disaster relief efforts to the battered Caribbean nation in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. 10HE0123-N-9318F-142 (USN)