RABAUL, Papua New Guinea (July 8, 2015) Lemora Mamotong, a nurse from Nonga General Hospital, watches a surgical procedure on board the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during a nursing tour as part of Pacific Partnership 2015. Nurses from Nonga General Hospital toured the ship to gain insight on Western medicinal practices. Mercy is currently in Papua New Guinea for its second mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its tenth 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. Critical infrastructure development has been supported in host nations during more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class William McCann/RELEASED)
Date Taken: | 07.08.2015 |
Date Posted: | 07.12.2015 13:02 |
Photo ID: | 2056953 |
VIRIN: | 150708-N-HE318-095 |
Resolution: | 2832x4256 |
Size: | 1.34 MB |
Location: | RABAUL, PG |
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