HUMANITARIAN AID KEY COMPONENT OF NAVY'S NEW MARITIME STRATEGY
February 19, 2008
February 19, 2008
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Embassy issued the following press release:
The familiar white U.S. Navy hospital ship Mercy, bearing the Red Cross emblem on its hull, will visit Southeast Asia and the western Pacific this summer to provide humanitarian assistance.
International medical, dental and engineering teams and nongovernmental groups participating in Pacific Partnership 2008 have signed on to minister to those in need during Mercy's port call . . .
The familiar white U.S. Navy hospital ship Mercy, bearing the Red Cross emblem on its hull, will visit Southeast Asia and the western Pacific this summer to provide humanitarian assistance.
International medical, dental and engineering teams and nongovernmental groups participating in Pacific Partnership 2008 have signed on to minister to those in need during Mercy's port call . . .