Keywords: US Navy 060612-N-3532C-009 Navy Cmdr. Kurt Hummeldorf, a maxillofacial surgeon with the Medical Treatment Facility aboard the U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), examines a local resident.jpg en Tawi Tawi Philippines June 12 2006 - Navy Cmdr Kurt Hummeldorf a maxillofacial surgeon with the Medical Treatment Facility aboard the U S Military Sealift Command MSC Hospital Ship USNS Mercy T-AH 19 examines a local resident with a facial abnormality while the ship visits the city on a scheduled humanitarian mission The Mercy has already visited Zamboanga and Jolo Philippines where its crew had treated several thousand patients The ship will bring patients aboard where its doctors will perform major surgeries to remove goiters and cataracts as well as repair cleft lips Ashore teams of doctors nurses and corpsmen spend their time providing aid to patients not requiring treatment aboard the ship Mercy's medical staff will provide a multitude of medical dental and veterinary care for pets of the people who live in this region together with their Filipino counterparts both at local city medical centers and on the ship itself Mercy is on a five-month deployment to South Asia Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands U S Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Joseph Caballero RELEASED 2006-06-12 060612-N-3532C-009 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 35738 U S Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Joseph Caballero PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Tawi-Tawi Philippines Aboard USNS Mercy T-AH-19 |