Keywords: US Navy 050206-N-6665R-098 Cmdr. Karen McDonald, left, and a nurse from the non-governmental organization Project Hope, center, escort a young boy suffering from a perforated appendix to a U.S. military helicopter.jpg en Island of Sumatra Indonesia Feb 6 2005 - Assistant Director of Nursing aboard the Military Sealift Command MSC hospital ship USNS Mercy T-AH 19 Cmdr Karen McDonald left and a nurse from the non-governmental organization Project Hope center escort a young boy suffering from a perforated appendix to a U S military helicopter to be medically evacuated to Mercy Mercy has been forward deployed to assist in humanitarian aid efforts currently in progress Mercy will serve as an enabling platform to assist humanitarian operations ashore in ways that host nations and international relief organization find useful Mercy is currently off the waters of Indonesia in support of Operation Unified Assistance the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jeffery Russell RELEASED 2005-02-06 050206-N-6665R-098 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 21692 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jeffery Russell PD-USGov-Military-Navy Sumatra Aboard USNS Mercy T-AH-19 |