USNS Mercy

Ever hear of the USNS Mercy? No? Well, her missions are ones that can make every American proud. She’s one of two Mercy-class hospital ships that belong to the United States. She’s a state-of-the-art 1000 bed floating hospital with 12 operating rooms, a blood bank, CT scanner, recovery and ICU wards and medical transport helicopters.

USNS Mercy’s skipper has started a blog, the Skipper’s Scrivenings,
documenting the ship’s current humanitarian deployment.

It’s a fantastic real-time example of how well combining military resources with those of NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) works to help those in need.

Go. Read. It’ll make you proud of not only the USA, but also of all the different countries, NGOs and volunteers from all over that world that are working together to make good things happen.

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  By Jane in Minnesota, August 18, 2008 @ 9:40 pm

  Thanks Judy!

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