USNS Mercy crew conducts women's symposium in Arawa [Image 12 of 27]

ARAWA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

06.30.2015

Photo by Chief Petty Officer Gregory Badger 

U.S. Navy           

ARAWA, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (June 30, 2015) U. S. Army Capt. Melissa North, an Army veterinarian, speaks at the Pacific Partnership woman’s symposium about the proper care of animals. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) 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 real world medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Critical infrastructure development has been supported in host nations during more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Greg Badger/Released)

• Date Taken: 06.30.2015
• Date Posted: 07.02.2015 01:05
• Photo ID: 2041089
• VIRIN: 150630-N-CF750-150
• Resolution: 4928x2644
• Size: 393.84 KB
• Location: ARAWA, PG