Caption:
SAN DIEGO (May 1, 2008) -- Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship
USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) prepares to depart it's homeport of San Diego to
begin a humanitarian mission to the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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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