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U.S. NAVY DOCS EMBARK BRAZILIAN NAVY HOSPITAL SHIP FOR HUMANITARIAN MISSION IN THE AMAZON
December 14, 2008
MIAMI, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following press release:

By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Wimbish,
U.S. Southern Command Public Affairs

U.S. Navy doctors recently embarked aboard a Brazilian Navy hospital ship for a month-long humanitarian medical outreach mission through the heart of the Amazon, helping to bring care to remote jungle villages along a 600-mile stretch of the Madeira River.

The Nov. 7-Dec. 5 exchang . . .

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