![US Navy (USN) Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Erik Threet (center), and medical professionals assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) [not shown], unload water from the cabin of an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 5 (HC-5), Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. At the request of the government of Indonesia, 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 as determined appropriate and necessary with earthquake disaster relief efforts and provide medical assistance to those in need](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDUvMDQvMDQvdXMtbmF2eS11c24tbGlldXRlbmFudC1jb21tYW5kZXItbGNkci1lcmlrLXRocmVldC1jZW50ZXItYW5kLW1lZGljYWwtcHJvZmVzc2lvbmFscy1hYjJlMzQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/210/jpg "US Navy (USN) Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Erik Threet (center), and medical professionals assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) [not shown], unload water from the cabin of an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 5 (HC-5), Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. At the request of the government of Indonesia, 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 as determined appropriate and necessary with earthquake disaster relief efforts and provide medical assistance to those in need")
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US Navy (USN) Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Erik Threet (center), and medical professionals assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) [not shown], unload water from the cabin of an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 5 (HC-5), Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. At the request of the government of Indonesia, 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 as determined appropriate and necessary with earthquake disaster relief efforts and provide medical assistance to those in need
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Nais
State: Aceh
Country: Indonesia (IDN)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jeffrey Russell, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
04/04/2005
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The U.S. National Archives
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