Keywords: Sailors conduct maintenance on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of USNS Mercy. (27506356426).jpg PACIFIC OCEAN June 7 2016 Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Andrea Ramos left a native of Fort Lauderdale Florida and Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Micah Rupp a native of St Louis Missouri both assigned to the Blackjacks of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron HSC 21 conduct maintenance on an MH-60S Sea Hawkhelicopter on the flight deck of hospital ship USNS Mercy T-AH 19 in preparation for the first mission stop in Timor Leste The Sailors are also known as maintainers and are responsible for the upkeep of the aircraft before and after flight Deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2016 Mercy is scheduled to visit Timor Leste the Republic of the Philippines Vietnam Malaysia and Indonesia Medical engineering and various other personnel embarked aboard Mercy will work side-by-side with partner nation counterparts exchanging ideas building best practices and relationships to ensure preparedness should disaster strike U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/Released 160607-N-SJ730-047 Join the conversation http //www navy mil/viewGallery asp www navy mil/viewGallery asp http //www facebook com/USNavy www facebook com/USNavy http //www twitter com/USNavy www twitter com/USNavy http //navylive dodlive mil navylive dodlive mil http //pinterest com pinterest com https //plus google com plus google com https //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/27506356426/ Sailors conduct maintenance on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of USNS Mercy 2016-06-05 00 00 https //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official U S Navy Page from United States of America Attribution License IPTC Caption-Abstract U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery https //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/27506356426 2016-06-08 22 10 52 cc-by-2 0 Aboard USNS Mercy T-AH-19 Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 United States Navy MH-60S Seahawk Photographs taken on 2016-06-07 Taken with Nikon D4 160607-N-SJ730-047 Navy Files from the U S Navy Flickr stream |