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The USNS Mercy: An Analysis

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In 2014 over 40 soldiers have been killed or severely injured in overseas conflicts, in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Some died due to lack of medical care being in close proximity to the soldiers, even though the number of casualties is low it can be reduced even further. At the moment soldiers ,in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, are at the mercy of military's budget and allocation of funds. But, now that the USNS Mercy is returning from southwest Asia it can hopefully resupplied and redeployed into the areas that need them most not just in the middle east. As you can guess, my real life example of mercy is naval hospital ship the USNS Mercy returning from service in southwest Asia. This story teaches us we need mercy today by showing us how many people need help around the world and what can be done about it. This story shows mercy by giving us an example of how the military is helping people around the world. …show more content…

Ships like the USNS Mercy can provide these medical services to pretty much anyone or anywhere in the world. In fact during the ship’s recent tour in southwest Asia the crew of 1,200 service members and civilians provided medical and dental care for more than 20,000 patients, including nearly 700 surgeries. An example of one of these surgeries was one in which a boy from Papua New Guinea who was blinded by think cataracts. On the child’s bed there was a sign that said “Completely blind, take care” and after the surgery the when ophthalmologists finished operating they crossed out the sign and wrote “not

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