Navy Lt. Cmdr. Elizabeth Ferrara checks a boy's vital signs onboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) anchored off the coast of Zamboanga, Philippines, on May 27, 2006. The ship is conducting a humanitarian and civic assistance mission in the area during its five-month deployment to South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Ferrara is a Navy pediatrician.

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