USNS Mercy transports injured people from Papua New Guinea to ship for emergency care during Pacific Partnership 2015 [Image 17 of 22]

ARAWA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

06.30.2015

Photo by Mayra Conde 

Navy Public Affairs Support Element West

ARAWA, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (June 30, 2015) Master At Arms 2nd Class Tyler Rios, attached to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), transports an injured person to receive medical care during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy sent an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter on a critical care patient transport mission to retrieve six injured people, including an 18-month old infant, from Han Island, a small land mass off the coast of Carteret Island in Papua new Guinea. Mercy is in Papua New Guinea for its second mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its tenth 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 medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Additionally, PP15 has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through the completion of more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mayra A. Conde/ RELEASED)

• Date Taken: 06.30.2015
• Date Posted: 06.30.2015 13:49
• Photo ID: 2037758
• VIRIN: 150630-N-PZ713-295
• Resolution: 3153x2456
• Size: 2.01 MB
• Location: ARAWA, PG