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struggle4progress

(125,850 posts)
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 02:19 PM 13 hrs ago

More background in the inspiring random saga of the hospital ships!

Mercy and Comfort Sit in Alabama Shipyard

... The USNS Mercy, commissioned in 1986, departed San Diego last July for a one-year scheduled maintenance period at Alabama Shipyard under an $18.7 million firm-fixed-price contract for a 153-calendar day mid-term availability, including drydocking. The contract, awarded in June 2025, marked the Mercy’s first visit to Mobile ...

AIS data currently shows both U.S. Navy hospital ships—the USNS Mercy and her sister ship USNS Comfort—moored at the Mobile shipyard. Alabama Shipyard announced on January 23 that the arrival of USNS Comfort marked “the first time in 30 years” that the two hospital ships have been alongside one another, calling it “a historic moment” ...

In his social media post, Trump indicated he is working with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on the Greenland deploymen ...

The Prime Minister of Greenland, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said ...

“We have a public healthcare system where treatment is free for citizens. That is a deliberate choice — and a fundamental part of our society. That is not the case in the United States, where seeing a doctor comes at a cost.

“We are always open to dialogue and cooperation — including with the United States. But please speak with us instead of making more or less random statements on social media” ...

https://gcaptain.com/trump-announces-greenland-hospital-ship-mission-as-mercy-and-comfort-sit-in-alabama-shipyard/



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struggle4progress

(125,850 posts)
2. In other words, Resident Rump says he's asking the Louisiana governor to help him get
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 02:48 PM
12 hrs ago

a hospital ship from it's dry dock in Alabama to Greenland, where it's unneeded and unwanted

Instead of Greenland, Governor Landry Might Want to Send the Hospital Boat to Louisiana
Feb 22, 2026
By Dean Baker

In its latest effort at clownery, the Trump administration announced that it would send a hospital boat to Greenland to provide healthcare to the population there. The precipitating incident seems to be that a U.S. seaman aboard a nuclear submarine patrolling near Greenland, needed immediate medical attention and was brought to a hospital in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital ... I suspect many people in Governor Landry’s state would be happy to hear about him working with Trump to improve the quality of care for people in Louisiana.


erronis

(23,349 posts)
6. Donnie says: If it's in dry dock, let's just transport it over land to Greenland. 2-3 days by truck, right?
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:08 PM
10 hrs ago

mopinko

(73,514 posts)
3. anyone else remember when he sent them to puerto rico after maria, but
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 03:20 PM
12 hrs ago

docked them away from shore so no 1 cd get to them?

Botany

(76,881 posts)
4. Attn Donny: "But please speak with us instead of making more or less random statements on social media"
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 04:44 PM
10 hrs ago

Double Z snaps in the air with a twist.

That was a smack down by Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

markodochartaigh

(5,317 posts)
7. Maybe the Prime Minister of Greenland
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:20 PM
10 hrs ago

could send a ship to Alabama laden with medical supplies and personnel, sort of like the great organization Remote Area Medical sets up pop-up clinics.

2naSalit

(101,497 posts)
8. Can't expect...
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:38 PM
9 hrs ago

Anything but fecal mater to emerge from the orange facial sphincter.

Pathetic.

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