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150925-N-AW702-005 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Sept. 25, 2015) Lt. Michael White, a registered nurse at Naval Hospital Jacksonville's intensive care unit, shares a moment with his family after a six month deployment aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in support of Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15)â a humanitarian and civil assistance mission to 11 nations. The joint military and civilian crew, made of U.S. service members, partner nations and more than 400 non-governmental organization volunteers, conducted mission operations in Belize, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Colombia, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Haiti. CP-15 personnel treated more than 122,000 patients, performed over 1,200 surgeries, completed more than 90 engineering projects, cared for and treated over 7,000 animals, and conducted 44 community relations projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Jacob Sippel/Released)