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The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

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Base: Flores Sea

Scene Camera Operator: MCC Edward G. Martens, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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29/08/2006

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US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Michael A Longoria (left), Commander, 18th Air Support Operations Group (ASOG), Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC), pins the Bronze Star on USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Abel S. Martens, 17th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS), Hunter Army Airfield (AAF), Georgia (GA). They awards ceremony was held at the Hunter Club on the base

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Michael A Longoria (left), Commander, 18th Air Support Operations Group (ASOG), Pope Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC), pins the Bronze Star on USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Abel S. Martens, 17th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS), Hunter Army Airfield (AAF), Georgia (GA). They awards ceremony was held at the Hunter Club on the base

US Navy (USN) CHIEF of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Michael Mullen is saluted as he arrives on the US Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) on Jul. 23, 2006. The MERCY is on a five-month humanitarian assistance deployment.(US Navy official photo by CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (Released)

US Navy (USN) CHIEF of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Michael Mullen is saluted as he arrives on the US Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) on Jul. 23, 2006. The MERCY is on a five-month humanitarian assistance deployment.(US Navy official photo by CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (Released)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Walter Martens, a small arms technician assigned to 7th Marines, 3/4 Armory, repairs and cleans a M16A2 rifle at Camp Ripper Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Walter Martens, a small arms technician assigned to 7th Marines, 3/4 Armory, repairs and cleans a M16A2 rifle at Camp Ripper Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Jennifer Owen assigned to the U.S. Military Sealift Command, Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), holds up a pair of reading glasses in the optometry clinic at the Mamburungan outreach site during a humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Tarakan, Indonesia on Aug. 14, 2006.(U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (Released)

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Jennifer Owen assigned to the U.S. Military Sealift Command, Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), holds up a pair of reading glasses in the optometry clinic at the Mamburungan outreach site during a humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Tarakan, Indonesia on Aug. 14, 2006.(U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (Released)

The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

U.S. Navy LT. CMDR. Ronda Bouwens, a family practitioner with the U.S. Military Sealift Command, Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), checks the heart of a baby at the Mamburungan outreach site during a humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Tarakan, Indonesia on Aug. 14, 2006.(U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (Released)

U.S. Navy LT. CMDR. Ronda Bouwens, a family practitioner with the U.S. Military Sealift Command, Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), checks the heart of a baby at the Mamburungan outreach site during a humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Tarakan, Indonesia on Aug. 14, 2006.(U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (Released)

The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006, as one of its two transport boats ferries Indonesia patients back to the city of Dili after they received specific health care aboard ship. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006, as one of its two transport boats ferries Indonesia patients back to the city of Dili after they received specific health care aboard ship. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

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US Navy (USN) Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Third Class (AW3) Terra Lathrop (foreground left), ensures patients are securely fastened in their seats aboard a USN MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, on the ground in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The patients are being flown to the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), stationed off shore. The MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

US Navy (USN) Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Third Class (AW3) Terra Lathrop (foreground left), ensures patients are securely fastened in their seats aboard a USN MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, on the ground in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The patients are being flown to the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), stationed off shore. The MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

US Navy (USN) CHIEF of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Michael Mullen is saluted as he arrives on the US Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) on Jul. 23, 2006. The MERCY is on a five-month humanitarian assistance deployment.(US Navy official photo by CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (Released)

US Navy (USN) CHIEF of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Michael Mullen is saluted as he arrives on the US Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) on Jul. 23, 2006. The MERCY is on a five-month humanitarian assistance deployment.(US Navy official photo by CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (Released)

A young Bengali girl prepares to board a US Navy (USN) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25), to be flown aboard the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), stationed off shore. The girl will undergo cleft lip surgery during the Ship's visit to provide humanitarian and civic assistance to the people of Bangladesh. The MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

A young Bengali girl prepares to board a US Navy (USN) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25), to be flown aboard the USN Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), stationed off shore. The girl will undergo cleft lip surgery during the Ship's visit to provide humanitarian and civic assistance to the people of Bangladesh. The MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Jennifer Owen assigned to the U.S. Military Sealift Command, Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), holds up a pair of reading glasses in the optometry clinic at the Mamburungan outreach site during a humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Tarakan, Indonesia on Aug. 14, 2006.(U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (Released)

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Jennifer Owen assigned to the U.S. Military Sealift Command, Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), holds up a pair of reading glasses in the optometry clinic at the Mamburungan outreach site during a humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Tarakan, Indonesia on Aug. 14, 2006.(U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (Released)

The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

U.S. Navy LT. CMDR. Ronda Bouwens, a family practitioner with the U.S. Military Sealift Command, Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), checks the heart of a baby at the Mamburungan outreach site during a humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Tarakan, Indonesia on Aug. 14, 2006.(U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (Released)

U.S. Navy LT. CMDR. Ronda Bouwens, a family practitioner with the U.S. Military Sealift Command, Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), checks the heart of a baby at the Mamburungan outreach site during a humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Tarakan, Indonesia on Aug. 14, 2006.(U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (Released)

The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006, as one of its two transport boats ferries Indonesia patients back to the city of Dili after they received specific health care aboard ship. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006, as one of its two transport boats ferries Indonesia patients back to the city of Dili after they received specific health care aboard ship. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

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The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

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The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006, as one of its two transport boats ferries Indonesia patients back to the city of Dili after they received specific health care aboard ship. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) sits anchored in the Flores Sea, off the coast of Dili, East Timor, Indonesia, on Aug. 29, 2006, as one of its two transport boats ferries Indonesia patients back to the city of Dili after they received specific health care aboard ship. The MERCY is in the fourth month of a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to Southeast Asia. (U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF mass Communications SPECIALIST Edward G. Martens) (RELEASED)

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