One of Lafayette’s own has been deployed to assist with COVID-19 efforts aboard the USNS Mercy! Thank you, Corpsman for your service!
PACIFIC OCEAN (March 25, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Benjamin Ong, from Bremerton, Wash., and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jude Dumfeh, right, from Lafayette, Ind., conduct inventory in emergency medicine carts aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) March 25. 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. 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Erwin Jacob Miciano)
