Military Images: Combat Camera Pacific – 2006 Mercy Deployment – Part 09

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DILI, East Timor (Aug. 31, 2006)
– Members of the hospital ship, USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) provide care during a medical and dental care civil action project for the people living in the city of Dili and it’s surrounding area. Mercy is in the fourth month of her five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to South and Southeast Asia where her crew has already treated thousands of people. The ship’s mission is being carried out by volunteers from Project HOPE and a contingent of military medical specialists from the United States, India, Malaysia, and Canada. Mercy’s U.S. military crew consists of medical teams from the Navy, Air Force and Army.
U.S. Navy Graphic Image by Chief Mass Communications Specialist Edward G. Martens (RELEASED)