; Whereas the USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy’s primary mission is to provide an afloat, mobile, and acute surgical medical facility to the United States military that is flexible, capable, and uniquely adaptable to support expeditionary warfare; Whereas the USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy’s secondary mission is to provide full hospital services to support disaster relief and humanitarian operations worldwide; and Whereas active duty, reserve, and civilian personnel fulfilled the mission status motto of ready five as the ships responded quickly in order to complete the critical mission of fighting COVID–19: Now, therefore, be it