U.S. Navy personnel assist an Indonesian patient from a U.S. Navy helicopter during his transfer back to University Hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, following treatment aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19).

Indian Ocean (Feb. 11, 2005) U.S. Navy personnel assist an Indonesian patient from a U.S. Navy helicopter during his transfer back to University Hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, following treatment aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Mercy is serving as an enabling platform to assist humanitarian operations ashore in ways that host nations and international relief organization find useful. Mercy is currently off the waters of Indonesia in support of Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Rebecca J. Moat File# 050211-N-8629M-080