US Navy (USN) Photographer's Mate Second Class (PH2) Gregory E. Badger, uses a digital video recorder to document activities from his aerial platform, of Replenishment At Sea (RAS) operations being conducted between the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Henry J. Kaiser Class: Oiler, USNS PECOS (T-AO197) and the USN MSC Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), while the ships are underway in the Pacific Ocean, during a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.2006) Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Gregory E. Badger videotapes an underway-replenishment operation between the Military Sealift Command(MSC)...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Photographer's Mate Second Class (PH2) Gregory E. Badger, uses a digital video recorder to document activities from his aerial platform, of Replenishment At Sea (RAS) operations being conducted between the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Henry J. Kaiser Class: Oiler, USNS PECOS (T-AO197) and the USN MSC Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), while the ships are underway in the Pacific Ocean, during a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.2006) Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Gregory E. Badger videotapes an underway-replenishment operation between the Military Sealift Command(MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and the MSC replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197). Badger is from CornvilleAriz.and is with Mercy on a five-month deployment during which it will visit areas of South AsiaSoutheast Asiaand the Pacific Islands where its crew and several health and civic-related organizations will work together to aid in humanitarian assistance and civic efforts. Mercy is uniquely capable of supporting medical- and humanitarian-assistance needs and is configured with special medical equipment and a robust multi-specialized medical team to provide a range of services ashore as well as aboard the ship. The medical staff is augmented with an assistance crewmany of whom are part of non-governmental organizationswhich have significant medical capabilities. U.S. Navy photo by CHIEF Photographer's Mate Edward G. Martens (RELEASED)

Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Scene Camera Operator: PHC Edward G. Martens, USN

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