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Medical Treatment Facility Commanding Officer Capt. Joseph L. Moore, aboard the U.S. Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy, returns a child to the recovery room, July 4, 2006. The child received corrective surgery for a cleft lip during the ship's visit to provide humanitarian and civic assistance to the people of Bangladesh.

Mercy's Mission

Medical Treatment Facility Commanding Officer Capt. Joseph L. Moore, aboard the U.S. Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy, returns a child to the recovery room, July 4, 2006. The child received corrective surgery for a cleft lip during the ship's visit to provide humanitarian and civic assistance to the people of Bangladesh.

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