Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Adrianne Foggetti, from Huntington Beach, Calif., right, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Brendan Merrill, from Adrian, Mich., treat a simulated patient during a crash and salvage drill near the pilot house aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) while underway for Pacific Partnership …continue reading
Navy Lt. Wade Miller treats a patient aboard the USNS Mercy in Los Angeles, April 4, 2020. The Mercy deployed in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients. This article was released by the Department of Defense. …continue reading
A train engineer at the Port of Los Angeles was arrested on federal charges for allegedly running a locomotive at full speed off the end of rail tracks near the USNS Mercy. Eduardo Moreno, 44, of San Pedro, was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of train wrecking …continue reading
The United States Navy maintains two hospital ships, USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy. Both US Navy hospital ships are deploying in response to COVID-19, one on the East Coast and one on the West Coast. The featured photo for this article shows USNS Mercy departing San Diego for deployment as …continue reading