U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen and members of the non-governmental organization Project Hope, take-in a patient following a medical evacuation.
Summary
Indian Ocean (Feb. 11, 2005) U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen and members of the non-governmental organization "Project Hope", take-in a patient following a medical evacuation to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for treatment. Mercy is serving as an enabling platform to assist humanitarian operations ashore in ways that host nations and international relief organization find useful. Mercy is currently off the waters of Indonesia in support of Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jeffery Russell File# 050211-N-6665R-037