Courtesy Photo | Maureen Kisicki holds a child at Northern District Hospital during Pacific Partnership...... read more read more
USS CLEVELAND, At Sea – Maureen Kisicki, a Registered Nurse for Project HOPE is serving in support of Pacific Partnership 2011 aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland.
Cleveland is the lead vessel for Pacific Partnership 2011. Pacific Partnership is the Pacific Fleet’s annual mission to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands to engage in partnerships with host nations by improving dialogue, effecting a lasting, positive change, and employing subject matter expert exchanges in order to improve the capabilities and interoperability of the U.S. and partner nations when dealing with natural and man-made disasters.
“Pacific Partnership has been a wonderful experience so far,” said Kisicki. “I’ve learned so much about the cultures of the countries we are working in and from the people in the communities.”
Cleveland completed its mission in Tonga and will continue in Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and the Federated States of Micronesia, and the military group will be accompanied by non-government organizations like Project HOPE, Vets Without Borders, and the University of California, San Diego Pre-Dental Society.
“I feel proud and honored to be a part of such a wonderful and amazing mission,” said Kisicki. “I really like working with the medical team that is composed of professionals from various parts of the world. We have various ways of clinical practice but we all work together as a team to partner with and help our host nations.”
Pacific Partnership developed as a mission following the tsunami in 2004 which devastated Indonesia and much of the South Pacific. Since 2006, Pacific Partnership has treated 150,000 patients in 15 countries, and is supported by all U.S. uniformed services and partner nations that include Australia, Japan, and New Zealand. Other nations providing teams include Canada, Spain, Malaysia, and France.
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Kisicki is a graduate of James Madison University and is the daughter of Donald and Patricia Kisicki, residents of Olney, Md.
| Date Taken: | 04.30.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 06.06.2011 15:05 |
| Story ID: | 71674 |
| Location: | USS CLEVELAND, USAFRICOM, AT SEA |
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