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US Navy (USN) Information Systems Technician First Class (IT1) John Opsteegh performs a communications check with a TT-3080A Inmarsat satellite phone system to establish communications with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) [not shown] from the airport in Nias, Indonesia. At the request of the government of Indonesia, the MERCY and the MSC Combat Stores Ship USNS NIAGARA FALLS (T-AFS 3) [not shown] are on station off the coast of Nias, providing assistance in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck the island March 28, 2005

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Base: Nias

State: Aceh

Country: Indonesia (IDN)

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Rebecca J. Moat, Usn

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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06/04/2005
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