In addition to defending our country, U.S. Navy Sailors frequently serve in humanitarian missions ranging from hurricane and earthquake relief, rescue at sea, refugee assistance, medical deployments, and more. The Navy was deployed to assist Japan after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake shook the island nation on Sept. 01, 1923, killing thousands of people and washing away entire cities in the ensuing tsunami. In the spring of 2020, the Navy’s hospital ships USNS Comfort and Mercy were deployed to New York and California to aid in COVID-19 patient care.
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