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US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Doris Wong performs an eye exam for a local patient at the Zamboanga Medical Center. LTC Wong, attached to the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), is helping to exam more than 250 patients and distributed some 200-pairs of glasses to the local residents of the Republic of Philippine City of Zamboanga. The USNS MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zamboanga State: Maidanao Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), USN Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Umair Iqbal, organizes boxes of testing supplies. The USNS MERCY is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), USN Hospital Corpsman First Class (HM1) Eva Codizal, runs a chemistry test on blood in the laboratory. The USNS MERCY is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), USN Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Umair Iqbal, organizes boxes of testing supplies. The USNS MERCY is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy (USN) Musicians assigned to the USN Show Band from Norfolk, Virginia (VA), perform on the mess decks of the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), during a Cinco de Mayo Celebration. The USNS MERCY is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view of a state of the art dental chair, located aboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19). The USNS MERCY is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Onboard the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), USN Storekeeper Third Class (SK3) Christian Sabandal and USN SK3 Rommer Gonzales, secure a cargo net over a pallet of supplies that are to be airlifted in support of Project Handclasp. Under the Project educational, humanitarian and goodwill materials are transported overseas on a space-available basis aboard USN ships. The USNS MERCY is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view inside the dental surgery room, located aboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19). The USNS MERCY is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Onboard the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), USN Crewmembers stage boxes of supplies that are to be airlifted in support of Project Handclasp. Under the Project educational, humanitarian and goodwill materials are transported overseas on a space-available basis aboard USN ships. The USNS MERCY is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), an USN Hospital Corpsman fills bottles with multi-vitamins. The USN MERCY's staff estimates they will distribute more than 25,000 vitamins to adults and children in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands during their five-month deployment to aid in humanitarian efforts

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A US Navy (USN) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25) delivers supplies to the flight deck aboard the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), during a Replenishment at Sea (RAS) evolution with the USN MSC Mars Class: Combat Stores Ship, USNS CONCORD (T- AFS 5). The USNS MERCY is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer Third Class (PO3) Misac Lopez (background left), and US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Doris Wong perform an eye exam on a local patient at the Zamboanga Medical Center. Both LTC Wong and PO3 Lopez are attached to the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), and are helping to examine more than 250 patients and distributed some 200-pairs of glasses to the local residents of the Republic of Philippine City of Zamboanga. The USNS MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zamboanga State: Maidanao Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), a Filipino child who is waiting to be seen by a doctor cuddles a beach ball, as the ship rests anchored in the Philippine Sea off of the coast of the Republic of Philippine City of Zamboanga. The USNS MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), USN Hospital Corpsman (HM) Lawrence Santos, takes the pulse of a Filipino child who is waiting to be seen by a doctor, as the ship rests anchored in the Philippine Sea off of the coast of the Republic of Philippine City of Zamboanga. The USNS MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), USN PETTY Officer Third Class (PO3) Tammy Long (left) plays with a Filipino child who is waiting to be seen by a doctor, as the ship rests anchored in the Philippine Sea off of the coast of the Republic of Philippine City of Zamboanga. The USNS MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

Members of the local city news channel document US Navy (USN) Musicians from the USN Show Band during a scheduled humanitarian visit by the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), in the Republic of Philippines City of Zamboanga. The USNS MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zamboanga State: Maidanao Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer Third Class (PO3) Rachel Lucterhan, a member of the USN Show Band, from the Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), sings a solo during a performance in Zamboanga, Republic of the Philippines. This is one of the many services offered by the USNS MERCY during its five-month humanitarian deployment to South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zamboanga Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service More

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer Third Class (PO3) Jaime Kaufman a member of the USN Show Band, from the Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), performs a trumpet solo during a performance in Zamboanga, Republic of the Philippines. This is one of the many services offered by the USNS MERCY during its five-month humanitarian deployment to South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zamboanga Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service More

US Navy (USN) CHIEF PETTY Officer Don Chilton (right), directs the USN Show Band, from the Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), during a performance in Zamboanga, Republic of the Philippines. This is one of the many services offered by the USNS MERCY during its five-month humanitarian deployment to South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zamboanga Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service More

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer Third Class (PO3) Kelly Dacosta, a member of the USN Show Band, from the Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), performs a saxophone solo during a performance in Zamboanga, Republic of the Philippines. This is one of the many services offered by the USNS MERCY during its five-month humanitarian deployment to South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zamboanga Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service More

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), USN PETTY Officer Second Class (PO2) Brandon Barbee (left) and USN PETTY Officer Third Class (PO3) Justin Cody sing during a performance with the USN Show Band. The Show Band is on a five-month humanitarian deployment to areas in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands with the Military USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), USN Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Marcus Ferrill takes a Filipino child's blood pressure while getting her vital signs. The USNS MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), Project Hope Volunteer Registered Nurse (RN), Diane Speranza, listens to a Filipino child's heartbeat while taking her vital signs. The USNS MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), USN Hospital Corpsman First Class (HM1) Ramiro Mendoza, sets a child in place for an X-ray, during the ship's visit to Jolo, Republic of the Philippines. The USNS MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erika N. Jones, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files