WEBVTT 00:04.870 --> 00:07.210 USns comfort deployed the U . S . 00:07.210 --> 00:09.500 Fourth fleet traveling to five partner 00:09.500 --> 00:11.750 nations in the Caribbean , central and 00:11.750 --> 00:13.917 South America in support of continuing 00:13.917 --> 00:15.510 promise . 2022 00:19.770 --> 00:22.560 CP 22 is a humanitarian assistance and 00:22.560 --> 00:24.504 goodwill mission conducting direct 00:24.504 --> 00:26.727 medical care , expeditionary veterinary 00:26.727 --> 00:28.449 care and subject matter expert 00:28.449 --> 00:32.090 exchanges more than 00:32.100 --> 00:34.670 1000 US and Partner Nation military 00:34.670 --> 00:36.726 service members and non governmental 00:36.726 --> 00:38.837 organization personnel aboard comfort 00:38.837 --> 00:40.980 supported the two month mission . My 00:40.980 --> 00:41.680 name is , 00:57.210 --> 00:59.200 it is a privilege for me to work 00:59.200 --> 01:00.210 alongside 01:06.300 --> 01:07.920 the USns comfort . 01:26.580 --> 01:29.190 CP 22 medical teams worked alongside 01:29.190 --> 01:31.190 Partner Nation medical personnel to 01:31.190 --> 01:33.190 provide care onboard comfort and at 01:33.190 --> 01:35.246 land based medical sites to increase 01:35.246 --> 01:36.968 medical readiness , strengthen 01:36.968 --> 01:39.079 partnerships and provide humanitarian 01:39.079 --> 01:41.320 assistance . We're providing dental 01:41.320 --> 01:44.060 care as well as primary care for both 01:44.060 --> 01:46.930 pediatric and adult patients . Were 01:46.930 --> 01:49.750 also have a tent set up for optometrist 01:49.870 --> 01:53.080 and we're also providing laboratory 01:53.080 --> 01:56.570 services , physical therapy as well as 01:56.570 --> 02:00.060 dispensing some medication . Since 02:00.060 --> 02:02.450 2007 , continuing promised medical 02:02.450 --> 02:04.506 personnel have treated approximately 02:04.506 --> 02:06.672 600,000 people and conducted more than 02:06.672 --> 02:10.660 7000 surgeries . It's been more 02:10.660 --> 02:12.771 than I had ever envisioned it to be . 02:12.771 --> 02:14.771 Um , just the lives that we've been 02:14.771 --> 02:16.327 touching . The many medical 02:16.327 --> 02:18.271 interventions that we were able to 02:18.271 --> 02:20.493 offer to these locals , stuff that they 02:20.493 --> 02:22.660 couldn't afford or stuff that this was 02:22.660 --> 02:24.549 never afforded to them . Just the 02:24.549 --> 02:26.493 smiles that we put on each patient 02:26.493 --> 02:28.493 space is just more than what anyone 02:28.493 --> 02:30.216 could ask for . This is a very 02:30.216 --> 02:32.104 important mission , not only in a 02:32.104 --> 02:34.920 medical point of view because we come 02:34.920 --> 02:37.880 here and we help people that are in 02:37.880 --> 02:41.760 need . But as well as in a diplomatic 02:41.770 --> 02:44.070 point of view to come here to 02:44.070 --> 02:46.292 strengthen partnerships , strengthening 02:46.292 --> 02:48.530 interoperability between nations 02:49.200 --> 02:51.620 diplomatic wise is very important 02:55.890 --> 02:58.223 Through subject matter expert exchanges . 02:58.223 --> 03:00.390 CP 22 developed a team of partners who 03:00.390 --> 03:02.279 are more resilient and capable of 03:02.279 --> 03:04.168 confronting shared challenges and 03:04.168 --> 03:07.120 threats . So the exchanges of 03:07.120 --> 03:09.190 information strengthened our 03:09.200 --> 03:11.730 relationship with these host nations by 03:12.380 --> 03:14.490 continuing to establish a foundation 03:14.490 --> 03:16.434 which increases the sustainment of 03:16.434 --> 03:19.920 longevity for both experience and side 03:19.920 --> 03:21.976 by side relationships for the future 03:21.976 --> 03:24.450 between the US and the host nation . We 03:24.450 --> 03:26.617 capitalize on our greatest strengths , 03:26.617 --> 03:28.728 trust and military professionalism in 03:28.728 --> 03:30.950 working with medical partners from host 03:30.950 --> 03:32.950 countries , partner nations and non 03:32.950 --> 03:34.950 governmental organizations . I just 03:34.950 --> 03:38.410 appreciate it very humbled to see how 03:38.420 --> 03:40.500 much development we got in these 03:40.500 --> 03:43.300 countries during this mission and uh 03:43.310 --> 03:45.390 and build that Foundation for the 03:45.390 --> 03:45.970 Future . 03:49.330 --> 03:51.410 CP 22 allows for training and 03:51.410 --> 03:53.521 information exchanges on a variety of 03:53.521 --> 03:55.743 humanitarian and disaster relief topics 03:55.743 --> 03:57.799 so that when called on personnel can 03:57.799 --> 03:59.577 rapidly and effectively respond 04:04.430 --> 04:06.208 So continuing problems , 22 has 04:06.208 --> 04:08.152 provided the opportunity for us to 04:08.152 --> 04:10.263 really apply a lot of the topics that 04:10.263 --> 04:12.319 we've learned in the schoolhouse and 04:12.319 --> 04:14.041 skills a very meaningful way . 04:14.041 --> 04:15.652 Everything from working with 04:15.652 --> 04:17.874 translators , communicating with people 04:17.874 --> 04:19.986 from other cultures , developing more 04:19.986 --> 04:22.152 understanding about what are the , how 04:22.152 --> 04:24.374 their lives look day to day um where we 04:24.374 --> 04:26.374 can potentially offer assistance or 04:26.374 --> 04:28.541 service to them through other national 04:28.541 --> 04:30.597 strategic objectives . Through these 04:30.597 --> 04:32.541 information exchanges and tabletop 04:32.541 --> 04:34.486 exercises . CP 22 demonstrates the 04:34.486 --> 04:36.570 ability to mobilize resources and 04:36.570 --> 04:38.626 manage a multinational response to a 04:38.626 --> 04:40.459 natural disaster in the region . 04:45.690 --> 04:48.470 Women , peace and security , or WPS , 04:48.480 --> 04:50.702 is United Nations initiative adopted by 04:50.702 --> 04:52.758 U . S . Southern Command and U . S . 04:52.758 --> 04:54.758 Fourth Fleet , which highlights the 04:54.758 --> 04:56.980 importance of women and recognizes that 04:56.980 --> 04:58.813 women are critical actors in all 04:58.813 --> 05:00.536 efforts to achieve sustainable 05:00.536 --> 05:02.480 international peace and security . 05:02.480 --> 05:04.650 Basically a strategy that recognizes 05:04.670 --> 05:07.410 that conflict . Armed conflict has a 05:07.420 --> 05:09.880 disproportionate effect on women and 05:09.880 --> 05:12.890 Children and is looking at those 05:12.890 --> 05:15.070 effects and looking at ways to 05:15.080 --> 05:17.620 integrate women into the decision 05:17.620 --> 05:19.640 making process . And also the peace 05:19.640 --> 05:22.010 process . WPS promotes a gendered 05:22.010 --> 05:23.843 perspective on women's equal and 05:23.843 --> 05:25.732 meaningful participation in peace 05:25.732 --> 05:28.010 processes , peacebuilding and security . 05:28.010 --> 05:30.890 It's a very difficult story for 05:30.900 --> 05:33.233 immigrants sometimes to start from zero . 05:33.233 --> 05:35.344 But so yeah , for me , it's just it's 05:35.344 --> 05:37.400 just kind of comes full circle to be 05:37.400 --> 05:39.344 able to come back here and do this 05:39.344 --> 05:41.740 mission and every time I do it , I did 05:41.740 --> 05:43.962 it in 18 as well . But I didn't come to 05:43.962 --> 05:46.073 Colombia . So to be able to come here 05:46.073 --> 05:48.240 and and serve the people of Colombia . 05:48.240 --> 05:50.351 It feels just like I'm giving back to 05:50.351 --> 05:52.580 the community that basically raised me 05:52.590 --> 05:56.570 and giving hope and giving um 05:56.580 --> 05:59.910 yes , just hope to the people here 06:01.280 --> 06:03.490 community relations projects and band 06:03.490 --> 06:05.546 engagements , connect people through 06:05.546 --> 06:07.960 shared experiences of hope and music as 06:07.960 --> 06:09.738 as an R . P . Part of religious 06:09.738 --> 06:13.680 ministry team . We we engage various 06:13.680 --> 06:17.130 command entities and uh non government 06:17.140 --> 06:20.600 organizations to collaborate together 06:20.600 --> 06:22.378 essentially build , build these 06:22.378 --> 06:24.740 community relation projects to work in 06:24.740 --> 06:27.390 concert with the C . P . 22 mission 06:27.410 --> 06:30.695 visited orphanages was a primary one , 06:30.705 --> 06:32.875 second one was painting . There was a 06:32.875 --> 06:34.995 lot of partnering that went on with 06:35.005 --> 06:37.695 host nation , the population people 06:37.695 --> 06:39.639 showed up from those areas or that 06:39.639 --> 06:41.806 particular organization would come out 06:41.806 --> 06:43.973 and help . There was a lot of teamwork 06:43.973 --> 06:45.973 going on . So once once sailors and 06:45.973 --> 06:48.028 marines got in contact with the host 06:48.028 --> 06:47.815 nation , people as comrades come 06:47.815 --> 06:50.690 together really was a good outing for 06:50.690 --> 06:54.100 CP 20 to 1 line was fostering goodwill 06:54.110 --> 06:56.530 and the best way to do that is to get 06:56.530 --> 06:58.863 out among the people . So young sailors , 06:58.863 --> 07:00.863 young marines had an opportunity to 07:00.863 --> 07:03.030 come in contact with the people of the 07:03.030 --> 07:05.141 particular nation and they could work 07:05.141 --> 07:07.308 together for a common good interacting 07:07.308 --> 07:09.308 with each other , having dialogue , 07:09.308 --> 07:09.290 communication , teamwork sweating 07:09.290 --> 07:11.300 together , so to speak . So in that 07:11.300 --> 07:13.480 regard the humanity of it was awesome 07:13.480 --> 07:15.591 and basically loving and sharing with 07:15.591 --> 07:18.910 your neighbor was paramount On any 07:18.910 --> 07:21.820 given Porter . We've been doing about 07:21.830 --> 07:25.670 10 events between public concerts and 07:25.670 --> 07:29.000 playing at um schools and doing 07:29.000 --> 07:32.660 clinics and reaching out to many 07:32.670 --> 07:33.970 audiences . 07:36.840 --> 07:39.470 I really enjoy the public concerts that 07:39.470 --> 07:41.740 we perform . We reach a wide range of 07:41.740 --> 07:44.500 audiences from small Children up to two 07:44.500 --> 07:47.500 senior citizens uh we get to play some 07:47.500 --> 07:49.760 of the local music and it's really good 07:49.760 --> 07:51.982 to see the involvement when we play and 07:51.982 --> 07:54.300 get to see the uh people dancing and 07:54.300 --> 07:56.633 singing along . And it's , and you know , 07:56.633 --> 07:58.689 sometimes we'll have local musicians 07:58.689 --> 08:00.800 sit in with us as well , which really 08:00.800 --> 08:00.680 again deepens that connection . 08:00.690 --> 08:03.670 Yesterday we heard somebody say that um 08:03.680 --> 08:05.624 the medical people are healing our 08:05.624 --> 08:07.840 bones . Um , but the musicians , 08:07.840 --> 08:09.960 they're healing us through our ears . 08:09.970 --> 08:12.190 And I thought that was really special 08:12.960 --> 08:15.050 Continuing promise . 2022 marks the 08:15.050 --> 08:17.640 12th mission to the region since 2007 08:17.680 --> 08:20.210 and a 7th mission involving usns 08:20.210 --> 08:20.760 comfort .