Search This Blog

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Mercy won't go to Philippines

USNS MercyThe Navy is gearing down the San Diego hospital ship Mercy and will not dispatch it to aid typhoon victims in the Philippines, a U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman said Monday afternoon.

China’s hospital ship Peace Ark arrived off the Philippines over the weekend, but the U.S. Navy said that didn’t influence the decision on the Mercy.

“Our decision to make the Mercy fully ready to deploy and now back to reduced operating status had nothing to do with any other country except responding to the needs of our Filipino allies,” said Cmdr. Steven Curry, a Pacific Fleet spokesman.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.