Phoenix Sailor Cortes serves aboard USNS Mercy for COVID-19 response
Independent Newsmedia
Posted 4/15/20
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Recruit Jacob Cortes, from Phoenix, monitors the levels of an oxygen tank aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) April 14 in Los Angeles.
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Phoenix Sailor Cortes serves aboard USNS Mercy for COVID-19 response
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Independent Newsmedia
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Recruit Jacob Cortes, from Phoenix, monitors the levels of an oxygen tank aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) April 14 in Los Angeles.
Mercy deployed in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals.
This allows shore base hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases, according to a press release. One of the Department of Defense’s missions is Defense Support of Civil Authorities.
DoD is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, as well as state, local and public health authorities in helping protect the health and safety of the American people, said the release.
