US Navy, Filipino doctors conduct surgery at Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center during Pacific Partnership 2015 [Image 10 of 10]

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES

08.11.2015

Photo by Sgt. Valerie Nash 

Navy Public Affairs Support Element West

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Aug. 11, 2015) U.S. Navy and Armed Forces of the Philippines medical personnel perform surgery at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center during Pacific Partnership 2015. Medical personnel currently embarked aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) performed reconstructive facial surgery on a patient who suffered shrapnel wounds. Mercy is currently in the Philippines for its third 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 critical infrastructure development to host nations through more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Valerie Eppler/RELEASED)

• Date Taken: 08.11.2015
• Date Posted: 08.14.2015 19:38
• Photo ID: 2122722
• VIRIN: 150811-M-DN141-157
• Resolution: 3600x2400
• Size: 1.92 MB
• Location: QUEZON CITY, PH