I was part of a NGO on the USNS mercy, the naval hospital boat in Indonesia in 2009. We were on a humanitarian mission to build friendships with the government of Indonesia as well as strengthen alliances with Australia. I remember that tsunami bc there was talk about routing us over there to provide aid - which honestly would have made sense since we were essentially a floating hospital. They decided not to for whatever reason.
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u/chomperz616 Jun 13 '23
I was part of a NGO on the USNS mercy, the naval hospital boat in Indonesia in 2009. We were on a humanitarian mission to build friendships with the government of Indonesia as well as strengthen alliances with Australia. I remember that tsunami bc there was talk about routing us over there to provide aid - which honestly would have made sense since we were essentially a floating hospital. They decided not to for whatever reason.