ARAWA, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (June 27, 2015) Capt. Melanie Merrick, commanding officer of Medical Treatment Facility USNS Mercy from Winter Haven, Fla., greets media members from Papua New Guinea for a tour on board the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy is in Papua New Guinea for its second mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its 10th iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership missions to date have provided real world medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Additionally, the mission has provided official infrastructure development to host nations through more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft/RELEASED)
Date Taken: | 06.27.2015 |
Date Posted: | 06.27.2015 13:26 |
Photo ID: | 2032661 |
VIRIN: | 150627-F-YW474-012 |
Resolution: | 4928x3280 |
Size: | 1.09 MB |
Location: | ARAWA, PG |
Hometown: | WINTER HAVEN, FL, US |
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