Mercy helicopter detachment holds landing zone training with Philippine disaster relief agencies [Image 9 of 12]

ROXAS CITY, PHILIPPINES

07.21.2015

Photo by Chief Petty Officer Christopher Tucker 

Navy Public Affairs Support Element West

ROXAS CITY, Philippines (July 21, 2015) Lt. Austin Long, an air operations officer aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), helps a Filipino fireman secure his protective cranial prior to boarding a U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter for a familiarization flight at Capiz National University during Pacific Partnership 2015. The demonstration was part of a humanitarian assistance disaster relief symposium held in conjunction with the hospital ship USNS Mercy’s (T-AH 19) visit to the Philippines. Mercy is currently in the Philippines for its third 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 38,999 animals. Additionally, the mission has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Christopher E. Tucker/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.21.2015
• Date Posted: 07.21.2015 17:39
• Photo ID: 2080691
• VIRIN: 150721-N-BK290-455
• Resolution: 4500x2995
• Size: 1.75 MB
• Location: ROXAS CITY, PH