Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia (Feb. 12, 2005) - The Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) cruises off the coast of Banda Aceh on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Mercy is serving as an enabling platform to assist humanitarian operations ashore in ways that host nations and international relief organization find useful. Mercy is currently off the waters of Indonesia in support of Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia.
Photographer's Mate 1st Class Jon Gesch, USN
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