The star of this tale is U.S. Navy Capt. Colleen Gallagher. She has just finished a four-month tour of duty aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort. This story is the result of a private tour of the ship by Gallagher when it docked in Port Everglades in July.
In March the USNS Comfort left for the Caribbean and Central and South America on a mercy mission called "Continuing Promise 2009" to provide medical, dental and veterinary services. The ship would either dock or anchor...
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