QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Aug. 10, 2015) Navy Capt.
Summary
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Aug. 10, 2015) Navy Capt. Kevin Flynn (left), from Dartmouth, Mass., and Cmdr. John Payton, from Phoenix, give a lecture on oral pathology to American and Filipino dental surgeons and technicians at a subject matter exchange during Pacific Partnership 2015. The Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center hosted more than 40 medical and dental personnel from hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for three days to exchange medical best practices and information. Mercy is currently in the Philippines for its third mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its 10th iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership missions to date have provided real world medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Additionally, the mission has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Valerie Eppler/Released)