SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 17, 2015) Lt. Cmdr. Toby Wayne Palmer, from Moultrie, Ga., an entomologist assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), gives a speech about dengue transmission during a Pacific Partnership 2015 dengue symposium. Mercy is currently in Savusavu, Fiji, for its first 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 270,00 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 Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark El-Rayes/Released)
Date Taken: | 06.17.2015 |
Date Posted: | 06.18.2015 18:21 |
Photo ID: | 2011983 |
VIRIN: | 150617-N-TQ272-128 |
Resolution: | 1643x990 |
Size: | 1.25 MB |
Location: | SAVUSAVU, FJ |
Hometown: | MOULTRIE, GEORGIA, US |
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