Keywords: US Navy 050408-N-0357S-021 Air Department personnel await the start of vertical replenishment operations on the flight deck aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19).jpg en Indian Ocean Apr 8 2005 Air Department personnel await the start of vertical replenishment operations on the flight deck aboard the Military Sealift Command MSC hospital ship USNS Mercy T-AH 19 Mercy and the MSC underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe T-AO 199 conducted a vertical replenishment off the coast of Nias Indonesia where Mercy is involved in humanitarian relief efforts in the wake of the devastating earthquakes that s struck the island March 28 2005 At the request of the government of Indonesia Mercy and the MSC combat stores ship USNS Niagara Falls T-AFS 3 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 U S Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Joshua Smith RELEASED 2005-04-08 050408-N-0357S-021 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 23470 U S Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Joshua Smith PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USNS Mercy T-AH-19 |