CHINANDEGA, Nicaragua (July 20, 2007) - U.S. National Guard Lt. Col. Richard Tate, attached to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), hands out toothbrushes to children at the 15 de Julio Health Care Center. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries. While deployed, Comfort is under the operational control of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and tactical control of Destroyer Squadron 24. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Karsten