Caption:
SAN DIEGO (May 1, 2008) -- Friends and family members of crew members
aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19)
watch and wave as Mercy departs San Diego for 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 Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Cale
Bentley (RELEASED)
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