ROXAS CITY, Philippines (July 25, 2015) The brass ensemble
Summary
ROXAS CITY, Philippines (July 25, 2015) The brass ensemble of the Pacific Fleet Band plays a concert at Provincial Park during Pacific Partnership 2015. The band was in the Philippines in conjunction with the hospital ship USNS Mercy's (T-AH 19) third mission stop 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)