All Hands Update May 31, 2012 #4

WHILE IN PORT AT NAVAL BASE GUAM THE NAVAL HOSPITAL SHIP USNS MERCY WELCOMED ABOARD LOCAL MEDIA ALONG WITH NURSING STUDENTS TO SEE THE MEDICAL FACILITIES AND LEARN ABOUT THE HUMANTARIAN MISSION. "I THINK GIVING TOURS HELPS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY WE GO TO THESE HOST NATIONS, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO AND WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF." DURING THE TOUR GUAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND UNIVERISTY OF GUAM STUDENTS WERE SHOWN THE CAUSALITY RECEIVING AREA,THE PRE-OP AND OPERATING ROOMS, THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND ISLOATION WARD. "THIS MISSION IS GREAT, WHAT WE DO, BUT IT ONLY GOES SO FAR IF NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT. IT'S A HOSPITAL SHIP BUT IT'S SO MUCH MORE. IT'S ABLE TO BRING SO MUCH MORE TO A COUNTRY THEN JUST MEDICAL." PETTY OFFICER COREY HENSLEY, JOINT REGION MARIANAS.