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ARAWA, Autonomous Region Of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (June 30, 2015) Michael Masa rests in the pediatric ward of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) after undergoing reconstructive surgery while his father Peter Nare checks on him. Mercy is at its second mission port for Pacific Partnership 2015. 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: | 06.30.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 07.04.2015 07:40 |
| Photo ID: | 2044132 |
| VIRIN: | 150702-M-DN141-397 |
| Resolution: | 3079x2240 |
| Size: | 1.12 MB |
| Location: | ARAWA, PG |
| Web Views: | 21 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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