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U.S. Navy Hospitalman Josh Scott organizes surgical tools during an operation on an Indonesian woman aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) on April 12, 2005. Mercy and the combat stores ship USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3) are currently operating off the coast of Nias, providing medical and humanitarian assistance to victims of the March 28, 2005, 8.7-magnitude earthquake.

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Josh Scott organizes surgical tools.

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Josh Scott organizes surgical tools during an operation on an Indonesian woman aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) on April 12, 2005. Mercy and the combat stores ship USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3) are currently operating off the coast of Nias, providing medical and humanitarian assistance to victims of the March 28, 2005, 8.7-magnitude earthquake.

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