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23 July 2008
USNS Mercy


Pacific Partnership 2008 (PP08) is an annual Commander Pacific Fleet humanitarian mission utilising the capacities of the US Navy Hospital Ship Mercy and its medical facilities together with personnel from several South East Asian and Pacific nations including Australia, to conduct engineering and medical tasks throughout the South West Pacific. The ship will visit East Timor for about two weeks and perform a number of tasks across the nation including surgical operations on board once potential patients have been screened ashore.