I have been holding back mentioning anything until the details were finalized. However, as of this morning everything is set and confirmed. Therefore, I am pleased to announce I will be accompanying the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) for the first two weeks of her deployment as part of Operation Continuing Promise, and (most importantly) taking War & Health’s readers along for the ride!
In early August, I will be blogging onboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship as it deploys to South America to provide humanitarian and medical assistance. Readers of War & Health will get to see a US Navy humanitarian assistance mission from the inside. Is the USS Kearsarge equipped to be a floating hospital? How well does the US Navy interact with humanitarian NGOs? Does providing health care really win minds and wills? Is the US Navy an appropriate tool for delivering long term medical care? Are humanitarian deployments the white fleets of the 21st century? Does Chris get sea-sick? All these questions and more will be tackled through daily (hopefully more) articles on War & Health.
So, stay tuned to War & Health, it is going to be one heck of a journey!
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Christopher R. Albon is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in armed conflict, public health, human security, and health diplomacy.
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WOW…very interesting!
If you get a chance, head up to a place in the upper decks to see EXPLOT, its where the intel folks hang out…you will get great info from the intel shop as we usually know a bit more than the rest of the boat. Just a suggestion…
Good luck, remember to get the patch and fair winds brother!
Thanks for the suggestions Teach!
If you have anymore, keep them coming.
Grrr. Your OpenID defaulted to trying to sign me in under my first name and caused my comment to fail. On returning to the page, the comment was lost…
Okay, well besides visiting intel, also stop by communications. Since this squid taxi will have a Marine company aboard, you’d probably have an interesting conversation with their attached Navy corpsman.
Hi Erik,
I turned off OpenID. That plug-in never seemed to work as smoothly as I wanted.
By the way, starting Saturday the posts on W&H will start to pick up as I turn my attention to the trip.
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