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CHUUK, Federated States of Micronesia (Aug. 31, 2008) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is anchored off the coast of Weno Island, supporting Pacific Partnership 2008. Pacific Partnership in support of and in cooperation with the government of the Federated States of Micronesia, partner nations including representatives from India and Canada and many non-governmental organizations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael C. Barton/Released)
September 1, 2008
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CHUUK, Federated States of Micronesia, (Sept. 1, 2008) Chief Equipment Operator James Brock offers a piece of candy to a local child at the Messa Elementary School. Seabees assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1 and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133, volunteers from the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), Indian Army Engineers, Chuuk State Department of Education and Fefen community volunteers came together to renovate the Messa Elementary School as part of Pacific Partnership 2008. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark Logico/Released)
September 2, 2008
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CHUUK STATE, Federated States of Micronesia (Aug. 24, 2008) Sarasota, Fla.-native Lt. Cmdr. Rich Kolanda, a dentist from the U.S. Public Health Service, performs a tooth extraction during a Medical and Dental Civic Action Program (MEDCAP) held on Uman, an island in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Kolanda is embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Mercy will operate in FSM to perform humanitarian civic assistance missions in an effort to build the relationship between FSM and the United States. Mercy is the primary platform for Pacific Partnership, a four-month humanitarian mission to Southeast Asia intended to build collaborative relationships by providing engineering, civic, medical and dental assistance to the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Valcarcel/Released)
August 26, 2008
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CHUUK, Federated States of Micronesia, (Aug. 26, 2008) Children from Weno Island, in Chuuk Lagoon, wave at a passing MH-60S Sea Hawk helicotper from the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) from atop the ruins of a historic Japanese lighthouse, destroyed during the U.S. air raid "Operation Hailstone" in 1944. Mercy will operate in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to perform humanitarian civic assistance missions in an effort to build the relationship between FSM and the United States. Pacific Partnership is a four-month humanitarian mission to Southeast Asia intended to build collaborative relationships by providing engineering, civic, medical and dental assistance to the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Valcarcel/Released)
September 2, 2008
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