U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Justin Stocks, a Willmar native, recently returned from an 11-week deployment aboard USNS Comfort, as part of U.S. Southern Command's Enduring Promise initiative. The pulmonary and critical care physician at Naval Hospital Jacksonville was part of an embarked medical team, which worked with health and government partners in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Honduras. They treated more than 26,000 patients and conducted about 600 surgeries aboard the ship and at land-based sites.