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    Bougainville boy receives corrective surgery aboard USNS Mercy [Image 8 of 9]

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    Bougainville boy receives corrective surgery aboard USNS Mercy

    ARAWA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

    06.30.2015

    Photo by Sgt. Valerie Nash 

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element West

    ARAWA, Autonomous Region Of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (June 30, 2015) Michael Masa rests in the post operating area of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) after undergoing reconstructive surgery for a cleft lip. Mercy is at its second mission port for Pacific Partnership 2015. Pacific Partnership is in its ten10th 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)

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    Date Taken: 06.30.2015
    Date Posted: 07.04.2015 07:41
    Photo ID: 2044130
    VIRIN: 150702-M-DN141-345
    Resolution: 3600x2400
    Size: 1.28 MB
    Location: ARAWA, PG

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