DA NANG, Vietnam (Aug. 19, 2015) Builder Seaman Erica Kachur, a Navy Seabee assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), lays down tiling grout during Pacific Partnership 2015. Navy Seabees and Air Force RED HORSE engineers restored the floors as part of a cosmetic renovation at the Hoa Quy Medical Station. Mercy is currently in Vietnam on its fourth and final mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its 10th iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. W


DA NANG, Vietnam (Aug. 19, 2015) Builder Seaman Erica Kachur, a Navy Seabee assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), lays down tiling grout during Pacific Partnership 2015. Navy Seabees and Air Force RED HORSE engineers restored the floors as part of a cosmetic renovation at the Hoa Quy Medical Station. Mercy is currently in Vietnam on its fourth and final mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its 10th 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 real world medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Additionally, the mission has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through more than 180 engineering project. ( Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Araceli Alarcon/RELEASED)


Size: 4744px × 2702px
Photo credit: © AB Forces News Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: mercy, pacific, partnership, pp15, usns