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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kate Thomas, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy, helps a patient find a suitable pair of glasses during a Pacific Partnership 2008 medical civic action program at a school in Cotabato, Philippines, June 3, 2008. The USNS Mercy is on a tour of nations that will take it from the Phillipines to East Timor and beyond.

MERCY MISSION

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kate Thomas, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy, helps a patient find a suitable pair of glasses during a Pacific Partnership 2008 medical civic action program at a school in Cotabato, Philippines, June 3, 2008. The USNS Mercy is on a tour of nations that will take it from the Phillipines to East Timor and beyond.

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