Caption:
SAN DIEGO (May 1, 2008) -- The Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital
ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) passes under the Coronado Bridge as it
departs San Diego for a humanitarian mission to the western Pacific and
Southeast Asia supporting Pacific Partnership 2008. Pacific Partnership
2008 is designed to strengthen the goodwill developed during previous
humanitarian civic assistance missions. Mercy is scheduled to visit the
Republic of Philippines, Vietnam, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and the
Federated States of Micronesia. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass
Communication Specialist Don Bray (RELEASED)
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