 Hospital ship USNS Mercy is getting ready to help with relief efforts in the Philippines. Mercy is home ported in San Diego and has been in a reduced operating status, but has been activated to assist with Operation Damayan. Mercy is on standby and if ordered could arrive in the Philippines by December. In the Middle East, USS Ponce assisted four Bahraini men November 9th, who were adrift in a fishing skiff for two days off the coast of Bahrain. Ponce's crew provided food and water to the fishermen and attempted to repair the skiff, but were unsuccessful. Instead, they remained with the vessel until the Bahraini Coast Guard arrived to tow the skiff back to shore. This is a second event like this for Ponce in the past year. Read more about these stories at Naiva.mil from All Hands Update. Thanks for watching.