SUVA, Fiji (June 9, 2015) Lt. Cmdr. Pete Bradford, from Escondido, Calif., describes the medical capabilities of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 1) to Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, Margaret Twomey, during her tour of the ship. Mercy is currently in Suva, Fiji for its first mission port of Pacific Partnership 2015. Pacific Partnership is in its tenth iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership missions to date have
SUVA, Fiji (June 9, 2015) Lt. Cmdr. Pete Bradford, from Escondido, Calif., describes the medical capabilities of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 1) to Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, Margaret Twomey, during her tour of the ship. Mercy is currently in Suva, Fiji for its first mission port of Pacific Partnership 2015. Pacific Partnership is in its tenth iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership missions to date have provided medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Additionally, PP15 has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through the completion of more than 180 engineering projects.
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