Public Diplomacy+Military Medicine=the Comfort

The intersection of public diplomacy (typically a Department of State activity aimed to influence foreign populations) and military medicine is most easily identifiable in what the Navy is calling Humanitarian and Civic Assistance missions--the Comfort, the Mercy and so on. Under the new Maritime Strategy, the Navy is tackling the problem of how to do medical interventions with a goal of fostering good relations.

The Comfort has just set sail from Norfolk, and here is the blog:http://comfort2009.blogspot.com/.