Keywords: US Navy 080607-N-9689V-008 Cmdr. Kenneth Kubis and U.S. Air Force Capt. Tighe Richardson use an operating microscope while performing cataract eye surgery to return sight to Marylin Kansi, a 12-year-old girl from Cotabato.jpg en COTABATO Philippines June 07 2008 Cmdr Kenneth Kubis director of surgical services for Pacific Partnership 2008 and U S Air Force Capt Tighe Richardson both assigned to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy T-AH 19 use an operating microscope while performing cataract eye surgery to return sight to a 12-year-old girl from Cotabato The successful surgery has allowed Kansi to see light shapes and colors for the first time in eight years Mercy is anchored off the coast of Cotabato for supporting Pacific Partnership 2008 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Valcarcel Released 2008-06-07 080607-N-9689V-008 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 60186 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Valcarcel PD-USGov-Military-Navy Healthcare in the Philippines Aboard USNS Mercy T-AH-19 12-year-old human females Photographs taken on 2008-06-07 Cataract surgery Operating microscopes Ophthalmologists from the United States Ophthalmological surgical instruments Operating rooms Hospital gowns |