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(Baron Garvey)
If this was a land-based
hospital it would be the fourth largest

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in the country and it has four more
trauma beds than L.A. County Hospital does.

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(Tim McCully)
She has a thousand beds on board
and she can accommodate helicopters and

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boats and you could receive battlefield casualties as fast as you could
get them on board.

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(Navy Lt. Cmdr. Pete Bradford)
This hospital that
we're running here is equivalent to

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anything that you would see in a major
metropolitan hospital.  All the equipment

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is up-to-date.  So, everything that we do
here is of the highest professional level.

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(Navy Capt. Peter Roberts)  
Our primary mission of course is
always to stand ready to respond

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anywhere in the world to support our
warfighter wherever they may be.  We stand

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ready to deploy and head out to sea in
under five days when that call goes out.

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As a secondary mission, we're ready to
respond to disasters.  Both the Mercy and

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the Comfort have done that many times
over the past couple of decades.

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It's not just a paycheck.  You actually
get to change people's lives.  It's amazing.

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(Navy Capt. Peter Roberts)  
It's incredibly rewarding and
very humbling.  We learn a great deal on

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every stop that we go to.  I'd say if you
got an opportunity to come to the Mercy, you jump at it.

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(Navy Lt. Cmdr. Pete Bradford)
Being a part of something
very special is what I consider this duty station.

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I love the Mercy.  I love what it does for

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our Navy and I'm proud to be a part of
that team.