President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, Xanana Gusmao, visits with a patient in intensive care aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19).

Dili, Timor Leste (Aug. 30, 2006) President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, Xanana Gusmao, visits with a patient in intensive care aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), during a tour of the ship. Mercy is anchored off the coast to provide humanitarian, medical and civic assistance to Dili residents. Mercy is in the fourth month of her five-month humanitarian and civic assistance deployment to South and Southeast Asia where her crew has already treated thousands of people. Mercy's mission is being carried out by volunteers from Project HOPE and Aloha Medical Mission, along with a contingent of military medical specialists from the United States, India, Malaysia, and Canada. Mercy's U.S. military crew consists of medical teams from the Navy, Air Force and Army. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Don Bray File# 060830-N-9076B-269