Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), USN Hospital Corpsman Third Class Ronald Bayaca (foreground right) entertains a young patient using a hand puppet. The child is aboard the MERCY preparing to undergo cleft lip surgery during the Ship's visit to provide humanitarian and civic assistance to the people of Bangladesh. The MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands