USNS Mercy Assists In Timor Leste
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kate Thomas, attached to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), examines a patient’s retina as part of a medical civic action program in Timor Leste July 21, 2008. The hospital ship, which is deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2008, a humanitarian and civil assistance mission, [...]
USNS Mercy Departing On Humanitarian Mission To The W Pacific And SE Asia
05/01/2008 - 080501-N-9076B-001 SAN DIEGO (May 01, 2008) Hospitalman Nathan Fairchild of Dallas, embraces his wife Danielle prior to getting underway with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Mercy is departing for a humanitarian mission to the western Pacific and Southeast Asia supporting Pacific Partnership 2008. U.S. Navy photo by [...]
Large Number of MRAP’s Loaded Today Onboard USNS Pililaau For Theater Delivery
Military Sealift Command to Deliver Largest MRAP Shipment American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2007 – In the largest single shipment to date, more than 200 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles were loaded onto USNS Pililaau, a large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ship operated by Military Sealift Command yesterday in Charleston, S.C. These MRAPs, designed to protect occupants against armor-piercing [...]