Mercy crew conducts veterinary clinic in Savusavu, Fiji

SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 12, 2015) Dr. Cynthia Hoobler, from Friendswood, Texas, a veterinarian from World Vets, works with Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Alfredo Winter, from Miami, to prepare a feral dog for surgery during a veterinarian clinic at the Fiji Animal Clinic during Pacific Partnership 2015. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is currently in Savusavu, Fiji, for its first mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its 10th 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. Additionally, the mission has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through more than 180 engineering projects.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Valerie Eppler/RELEASED)