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About the Ship USNS COMFORT
By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™
[Publisher-in-Chief]
Dateline: August 4, 2009
Canton, Maryland
The official Navy ship USNS COMFORT [“Medical Treatment Facility”] has the primary mission to provide a mobile, flexible and rapidly responsive capability for acute medical and surgical care in support of amphibious task forces. These forces include the Marine Corps, Army and Air Force elements, forward deployed Navy elements of the fleet, and activities located in areas where hostilities may be imminent. Operations are governed by the principles of the “Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces at Sea”, as of August 12, 1949.
Mission
As a secondary mission of the ship COMFORT is providing a full hospital service asset for use by other government agencies involved in the support of relief and humanitarian operations worldwide. These mission statements are accountable to both the Reduced Operating Status (ROS) and Full Operating Status (FOS) military personnel staffed at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda Maryland until the ship is activated. However, the ROS personnel’s immediate and number one priority is to fully activate the ship to a FOS Echelon III Medical Treatment Facility within a prescribed 5-day time frame.
Functions
In meeting these missions, the ROS personnel perform the following functions:
- Serve as the nucleus of the critical core required to execute activations;
- Develop, test, and maintain systems and procedures to support activation process;
- Orient and train FOS augmenting staff;
- Monitor/assess the medical treatment facility’s overall ability to fully activate/perform mission.
Leaders
The ship is commanded by CAPT James J. Ware DDS, with Executive Officer Captain Larnerd, and Master Chief Lohner. The home base is Baltimore, Maryland. Upon arrival at the dock, the ME-P and I planned to meet onboard with Master David Lieberman. But, an interview was cancelled due to a last minute scheduling conflict. However, we were placed in the competent hands of our civilian tour guide, Shaun B. of Virginia. He noted 70 civilian and 700 military personnel.
Assessment
Shaun B, informed me that despite advanced age, my application for a four month tour would be gladly reviewed. And, it is under serious future consideration as my nurse sister is a recent Bronze Star Award winner from a Combat Army Surgical Hospital [CASH] unit stationed in Iraq. I also did my trauma surgery training in Martin Army Hospital, at Fort Benning Georgia, back-in-the-day.
About Off Road with Dr. Marcinko
These sporadic off-road segments will continue through-out my 2009 summer promotional tour. Attendance at several formal and informal engagements increased since the early summer. The previously noted sales spike for our texts, handbooks and dictionaries www.HealthDictionarySeries.com continued and interest in our online www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com program and premier quarterly guide: Healthcare Organizations [Journal of Financial Management Strategies] www.HealthcareFinancials.com remained high.
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