Service Members test IV Bags aboard USNS Mercy [Image 8 of 25]

AT SEA

04.20.2018

Photo by Seaman Apprentice Harley Sarmiento 

Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific

180420-N-NH199-0095
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 20, 2018) Airman 1st Class Travaughn Cope, from Queens, N.Y., assigned to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), tests the impact of having an IV bag at a bedside has on maintaining the sterility of IV products. Mercy is currently deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18). PP18’s mission is to work collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase stability and security in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships across the Indo-Pacific Region. Pacific Partnership, now in its 13th iteration, is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Harley K. Sarmiento)

• Date Taken: 04.20.2018
• Date Posted: 04.21.2018 08:02
• Photo ID: 4321084
• VIRIN: 180420-N-NH199-0095
• Resolution: 4590x3049
• Size: 480.96 KB
• Location: AT SEA