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Nias, Indonesia (April 04, 2005) Information System Technician First Class Josh Davis perform a communications check with LSS-00435 M4 INMORRSAT phoe system to establish comms with USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) headquarter from the advance team. upon arrival in Nias, Indonesia. At the invitation of the government of Indonesia, USNS Mercy and USNS Niagara Falls have arrived on station off the coast of Nias, Indonesia, to be available to provide assistance as determined APPROPRIATE AND necessary with earthquake disaster RELIEF efforts and provide medical assistance to those Indonesians in need. MerCY HAD BEEN OPERATING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND NATIONS PROVIDING MEDICAL AND DENTAL ASSISTANCE TO REGIONS AFFECTED BY RECENT EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE. US Navy Photo By Photographer's Mate Second Class Jeffrey Russell.