A digital illustration of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Pacific Partnership is in its tenth iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and More
WAILEVU, Fiji – (May 18, 2015) Utilitesman 3rd Class Kayla Holland (right), from Joplin, Mo., and villagers from Weilevu village place a concrete slab for a new school building at Weilevu East Primary School du More
150519-N-HY254-035 TARAWA, Kiribati (May 19, 2015) Advanced party engineer Lt. j.g. William Lindahl high fives students at the Bikenibeu West Primary School while surveying a future construction site for Pacifi More
150525-M-DN141-001 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (May 25, 2015) – Sailors aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) man the rails as the ship arrives at Joint Base Pearl Ha More
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (May 26, 2015) – Steelworker 3rd Class Cory Migneault loads supplies onto USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) prior to the ship’s deployment in support of Pacific Partnership 2015. Millinocket is ser More
150526-N-MK341-001 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (May 26, 2015) – Capt. James Meyer, commander, Task Force Forager, delivers a speech during a press conference kicking off Pacific Partnership 2015. Task Force Forager is More
DA NANG, Vietnam (Aug. 21, 2015) The Pacific Fleet Band currently embarked aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) performs for a crowd at the Dragon Bridge in Da Nang, Vietnam, during Pacific Partnership More
PACIFIC OCEAN (May 30, 2015) – New Zealand and U.S. Soldiers treat a simulated casualty during a medical drill aboard the USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) May 30. USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) is serving as the secondary More
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 1, 2015) – A Puma helicopter from the Military Sealift Command Dry Cargo and Ammunition Ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 9) lands aboard the Joint High Speed Vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) du More
150602-N-HY254-015 TARAWA, Kiribati (June 2, 2015) An I-Kiribati girl watches as the Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) arrives in Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati in support More
150602-N-MK341-001 REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI (June 2, 2015) – The Australian High Commissioner to Kiribati George Fraser, arrives at the opening ceremony to celebrate the arrival of Joint High Speed Vessel USNS Mill More
150602-N-MK341-006 REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI (June 2, 2015) – The president of the Republic of Kiribati His Excellency Anote Tong delivers a speech during an opening ceremony to celebrate the arrival of Joint High S More
150603-N-MK341-011 EITA VILLAGE, Kiribati (June 3, 2015) - Musician Seaman Brian Mathis, from the U.S. Pacific Fleet Band, prepares to play the bass drum during a joint performance at War Memorial Primary Schoo More
150603-N-MK341-006 EITA VILLAGE, Kiribati (June 3, 2015) - Royal Australian Navy Lt. Cdr. Alison Zilko drinks coconut water from a freshly-cut coconut at Eita Clinic in Eita Village June 3 during a Pacific Par More
KIRABATI (June 3, 2015) – Steelworker 3rd Class Johnathon Walsh, left, assists a local construction worker in removing a door as part of a construction project to remodel local schools June 3. The construction More
150603-N-MK341-015 EITA VILLAGE, Kiribati (June 3, 2015) - Members of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Band and the 25th Infantry Division Band entertain children at War Memorial Primary School in Eita Village, Kiribati, More
150604-N-HY254-022 TARAWA, Kiribati (June 4, 2015) An I-Kiribati boy watches a member of the 25th Infantry Division Band prepare his tuba for a concert in Bairiki Square during a Pacific Partnership visit to th More
150604-N-ZZ999-004 Steelworker 3rd Class Jonathan Walsh (left) and Lt. j.g. Wiliam Lindahl clip security screen for windows at Red Beach Primary School during a Pacific Partnership visit to the Independent Repu More
Steelworker 3rd Class Cory Migneault trims a door at a school renovation project June 5, during a Pacific Partnership visit to the Independent Republic of Kiribati. Joint High Speed Vessel USNS Millinocket (JHS More
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 5, 2015) Hospitalman Tomas Sage, from Rochester, New York, distributes Malaria Prophylaxis medication aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), during Pacific P More
150605-N-HY254-002 TARAWA, Kiribati (June 5, 2015) Pfc. Ryan Lambert gives an injection of antibiotics to a dog during a Pacific Partnership veterinary community health engagement held at the Betio Sports Compl More
SUVA, Fiji (June 06, 2015) - Members of the Royal Australian Air Force watch as the Fijian Police Band welcome the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy is currently in Suva, More
150609-N-ZZ999-014 REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI (June 9, 2015) – Capt. James Meyer, Commodore, Task Force Forager, talks to members of the local media June 9 during a Pacific Partnership visit to the Independent Republ More
150608-M-GO800-003 KIRIBATI (June 8, 2015) – Spc. William Hamilton from the Pacific Partnership Joint Band plays the trumpet during a concert at the School and Center for Children with Disabilities June 8. The More
SUVA, Fiji (June 8, 2015) Ratu Epeli Nailatitau (center left), the president of the Republic of Fiji, receives a tour of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Fiji is Mercy’s f More
SUVA, Fiji (June 8, 2015) Yoshiko Hanzawa, a dental hygienist with the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, educates a Fijian woman about dental hygiene at Ratu Sakuana Park during a community health engagemen More
SUVA, Fiji (June 8, 2015) Chief Musician Ian Charleton, from College Station, Texas, plays for an audience at Fiji National University during Pacific Partnership 2015. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is More
150609-N-ZZ999-226 BETIO, Kiribati (June 9, 2015) - Lt. Col. Kenneth Ford talks to a patient at a pediatric follow-up clinic June 9 during a Pacific Partnership visit to the Independent Republic of Kiribati. Jo More
150608-M-GO800-004 KIRIBATI (June 8, 2015) – Students from the School and Center for Children with Disabilities perform “I’m a Little Teapot” for the Pacific Partnership Joint Band June 8. The event gave the ch More
SUVA, Fiji (June 9, 2015) U.S. service members carry broken shelves to trash bins at the Fiji Nationals Museum during a community service project for Pacific Partnership 2015. Service members from the hospital More
SUVA, Fiji (June 8, 2015) Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Master Sgt. Hisatoshi Yamamoto, from Uruma, Japan, and Hospitalman Kevin Gonzalez from Oakland, Calif., unload dental equipment at the Veiuto Primary Sc More
SUVA, Fiji (June 8, 2015) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Nathan White discusses how to maintain medical equipment with a Republic of Fiji military forces biological technician during Pacific Partnership 2015. The More
150608-N-HY254-003 TARAWA, Kiribati (June 8, 2015) An I-Kiribati child claps during a Pacific Partnership dental outreach program held at the Dai Nippon Primary School in Betio, Tarawa. The program was offered More
POHNPEI, Micronesia (June 8, 2015) - Maj. Olivia Angles, part of the advance team in Micronesia, works with Pohnei state officials to coordinate medical engagements for Pacific Partnership 2015. Pacific Partne More
U.S. Army Capt. Andy Vu (right) explains a dental procedure to U.S. Navy Capt. James Meyer (left) at a dental clinic at Tungauru Hospital June 8 during a Pacific Partnership visit to the Independent Republic of More
150609-N-HY254-003 TARAWA, Kiribati (June 9, 2015) Assisted by U.S. Army Capt. Parth Mewar, Chief Dental Officer (acting) Dr. Teaarei Reuee performs a dental procedure on a child at the Tungaru Central Hospital More
SUVA, Fiji (June 9, 2015) U.S. Sailors and merchant mariners from the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) play rugby with the Fijian Nabua Broncos rugby team during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy is currently i More
SUVA, Fiji (June 9, 2015) Musician 1st Class Brandon Barbee from the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) plays the trumpet with the Navy band at a community health engagement during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mer More
SUVA, Fiji (June 9, 2015) Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, Margaret Twomey, speaks with Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lt. Lauren Norvill, from Sydney, during a tour of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-A More
150610-N-MK341-010 BETIO, Kiribati (June 10, 2015) - Capt. James Meyer, Commodore, Task Force Forager, talks with school children at Tebwanimaneka Primary School June 10 during a Pacific Partnership visit to th More
SUVA, Fiji (June 10, 2015) Capt. Christopher Engdahl, mission commander of Pacific Partnership 2015, talks to students from the Fiji Maritime Academy during a community outreach project. Engdahl visited with st More
Lt. j.g. David Boyer hangs a gutter at Bikenibeu West Primary School in Tarawa, Kiribati, June 9.
KIRIBATI (June 9, 2015) – New Zealand army medic Cpl. Kirsty Beddis instructs local nurses on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during a nurse’s workshop June 9. The event was designed to give More
SUVA, Fiji (June 10, 2015) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Nicole Pyles, from Tarpon Springs, Fla., assists Fijian children running a relay race at the Hilton Special School during a community engagement project for More
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Demetrio Pineda, from Las Vegas, shows a medical training dummy to members of the Fijian Nubua Broncos rugby team during a tour of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Mercy is cu More
SUVA, Fiji (June 10, 2015) Royal New Zealand Air Force Wing Cmdr. Jennifer Atkinson, Pacific Partnership 2015 chief of staff, paints faces of Fijian children at Hilton Special School during Pacific Partnership More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 13, 2015) Maj. Benny Romero, dances with a Fijian woman during Pacific Partnership 2015. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is currently in Savusavu, Fiji, for its first mission port of More
SUVA, Fiji (June 10, 2015) Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Brent Winters, from Bakersfield, Calif., runs a relay race with a child from the Hilton Special School during a community engagement project for Pacific Partn More
SUVA, Fiji (June 10, 2015) Service members from the Republic of Fiji Military Force are given a tour of the isolation ward on the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy is cur More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 11, 2015) Lt. j.g. Mark Sebald, from Sugar Land, Texas, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class David Ross, from New York, attached to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19 More
150611-N-HY254-009 TARAWA, Kiribati (June 11, 2015) A woman watches U.S. military and I-Kiribati veterinarians perform surgical procedures on animals during a joint veterinary community health engagement held a More
KIRIBATI (June 12, 2015) – Captain Andy Vu teaches a class on dental hygiene during a dental symposium June 12. The class gave locals valuable information from dentists assigned to Pacific Partnership that woul More
150611-M-GO800-040 KIRIBATI (June 11, 2015) – Spc. Marian Sarain demonstrates proper ways to carry a casualty during a first responders course June 11. The course gave local policemen and firefighters a chance More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji, (June 12, 2015) Musician 2nd Class Christian Ivy, from Fort Worth, Texas, with the Pacific Fleet Band, performs for a crowd of Fijian children during a community outreach project during Pacific More
SEAQAQA, Fiji (June 12, 2015) Hospital corpsmen check patients in during a community health engagement for Pacific Partnership 2015. Service members and non-governmental organizations from the hospital ship USN More
SEAQAQA, Fiji (June 13, 2015) Cmdr. Alan Ross, from Big Spring, Texas, performs a hearing test on a Fijian boy during Pacific Partnership 2015. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is currently in Savusavu, F More
SEAQAQA, Fiji (June 12, 2015) Fijians wait in line to receive medical care during Pacific Partnership 2015. Service members and non-governmental organizations from the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) held a More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 12, 2015) Leaders from the Savusavu City Council, Royal Australian Air Force, Australian Regular Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and Project Hope meet at the city council building at Savusavu d More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 12, 2015) Capt. Christopher Engdahl, the mission commander for Pacific Partnership 2015, from South Bend, Ind., talks to Fijian media aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pa More
DREKETI, Fiji (June 12, 2015) Musician 3rd Class Jason Andrews drums on Musician 3rd Class Christian Ivy's tuba surrounded by school children at a community health engagement during Pacific Partnership 2015. Th More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 12, 2015) Dr. Cynthia Hoobler, from Friendswood, Texas, a veterinarian from World Vets, works with Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Alfredo Winter, from Miami, to prepare a feral dog for surgery More
150613-M-GO800-014 KIRIBATI (June 13, 2015) – Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Carla Burdt leads a ship tour aboard Joint High Speed Vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) June 13. Millinocket is serving as th More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 12, 2015) Lt. Cmdr. Ivette Schmiege, from Lemoore, Calif., performs a medical examination on a Fijian at the Dreketi District School in Savusavu, Fiji, during Pacific Partnership 2015. The More
WAILEVU, Fiji (June 13, 2015) Engineers from the U.S. Air Force and Japan Ground-Self Defense Force build a children’s classroom for the Wailevu Primary School in Fiji as part of an engineering civil action pro More
DREKETI, Fiji (June 13, 2015) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Carlos Rocha talks with Fijian patients before they receive medical care at a community health engagement during Pacific Partnership 2015. The hospital More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 13, 2015) Capt. Melanie Merrick, commanding officer of the Medical Treatment Facility USNS Mercy, from Winter Haven, Fla., gives Mecuisela Tuicakau, Acting Permanent Secretary of the Minist More
VIANI, Fiji (June 13, 2015) Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Flowers, from Sunrise, Ariz., readies a chalk line while working on a new school building at the Viani Primary School as part of an engineering civil action More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 13, 2015) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Rodney Gasmen, from Mililani, Hawaii, checks vital signs of Fijian patients aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 20 More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 14, 2015) Mosese Jioki (right), a double amputee, rides a tender boat from the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) back to shore during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy is currently in Savusa More
DREKETI, Fiji (June 14, 2015) Fijians wait in line for medical care at a community health engagement during Pacific Partnership 2015. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is currently in Savusavu, Fiji. Pacif More
150615-N-RB060-005 KIRIBATI (June 15, 2015) - Commodore, Task Force Forager, Captain James Meyer (right), and Task Force Forager Command Master Chief Anthony Teart (center), meet with the Independent Republic o More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 15, 2015) Project Hope Volunteer Dr. Robert Howard, from San Diego, evaluates a young Fijian patient aboard during Pacific Partnership 2015. The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS More
KIRIBATI (June 15, 2015) – Sgt. Dustin Hutterer demonstrates how to apply a tourniquet at the Maritime Training Center in the Independent Republic of Kiribati June 15. The course was presented by a Pacific Part More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 15, 2015) Ratu Golea (center right), the chief of Savusavu, is given a tour of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy is currently in Savusavu, Fiji, More
TARAWA, Kiribati - (Left to right) 1st Lt. Tifani McGovern, nursing student Abbie Hinneifa, Capt. Patrice Laster-Wilcox, and Capt. Maria Kunkel pause for a photo June 16. Hinneifa, after attending CPR training More
150616-N-HY254-043 TARAWA, Kiribati (June 16, 2015) – New Zealand Defence Force Chaplain Ken Diekema delivers the benediction during a ribbon cutting ceremony June 16 at Bikenibeu Primary School. The ribbon cut More
TAVEUNI, Fiji (June 16, 2015) Lt. Cmdr. Steven Schutt, an environmental health officer, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Alfredo Winter, a preventive medicine technician, and a Fijian Red Cross volunteer pose fo More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 16, 2015) Royal Australian Air Force Flying Officer Elsha Jewell, from Queensland, Australia and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Benjamin Thorstenson, from Mims, Fla., prepare to scan a Fijian More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 16, 2015) Army Sgt. Charina Hocag, a veterinary technician from the Philippines, and a volunteer from Animal Fiji rescue a stray dog at the Animal Fiji Clinic at Savusavu during Pacific Par More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 17, 2015) The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) anchors off the coast of Savusavu, Fiji during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy is currently in Savusavu, Fiji for its first mission port of More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 18, 2015) Capt. Christopher Engdahl, Pacific Partnership 2015 mission commander, is greeted by a Fijian boy during PP15. A ceremony was held in Savusavu, Fiji, to thank the crew from the ho More
VANUA LEVU, Fiji (June 17, 2015) Capt. Christopher Engdahl, Pacific Partnership 2015 mission commander, accepts a ceremonial kava drink during PP150. The crew of the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 17, 2015) Father Luke Nalau, from Saint Andrews Catholic Church in Savusavu, Fiji, celebrates Roman Catholic mass aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 20 More
VANUA LEVU, Fiji (June 17, 2015) Capt. Christopher Engdahl, Pacific Partnership 2015 mission commander, is presented with a ceremonial lei in a ceremony during PP15. The crew of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T- More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 17, 2015) Lt. Cmdr. Toby Wayne Palmer, from Moultrie, Ga., an entomologist assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), gives a speech about dengue transmission during a Pacific Part More
TARAWA, Kiribati (June 17, 2015) - Commodore, Task Force Forager Capt. James Meyer delivers a speech during a ribbon cutting ceremony June 17. The ribbon cutting marks the completion of renovations by Seabees a More
150618-N-HY254-005 KIRIBATI (June 17, 2015) - Commodore, Task Force Forager Capt. James Meyer presents a plaque to Kiribati Minister of Commerce and Industrial Corporation Pinto Katia in a closing reception Ju More
VANUA LEVU, Fiji (June 17, 2015) Fijian tribe elders perform a kava ceremony for the crew of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battal More
Cmdr. Protegenie Reed, a Navy midwife from Miami, Fla., holds a newborn baby during Pacific Partnership 2015. Reed and Navy medical personnel from the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) visited the hospital to More
POHNPEI, Federated States of Micronesia (June 18, 2015) U.S. Ambassador Doria Rosen speaks at the U.S. Embassy during the Future Soldiers of Enlistment Ceremony. Twenty-four men and women from Pohnpei State enl More
150618-M-GO800-003 KIRIBATI (June 18, 2015) – Civilian Mariner Evan Heise scans the horizon aboard the Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) after getting underway from the More
SAVUSAVU, Fiji (June 18, 2015) Fijian patients prepare to depart the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Patients returned to shore after receiving medical treatment on board. Me More
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 19, 2015) Able Body Seaman William Brinson, from Jacksonville, Florida, mans the helm of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy is currently underway t More
New Zealand Army, U.S. Army and Navy medics practice placing an injured patient onto a stretcher during a medical drill aboard the Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3). Mil More
150620-N-CF750-017 ARAWA, Papua New Guinea (June 20, 2015) From the left: Lt. j.g. Tim Dengler, Cmdr. Ray Owens and Lt. Cmdr. Andy Hunt, part of Pacific Partnership advanced liaison party, look at a future engi More
Lt. Ryan Walter (right), a pediatric nurse from Huron, South Dakota, demonstrates needle placement during a mass casualty drill aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mer More
ROXAS CITY, Philippines (June 21, 2015) Construction Electrician 1st Class Arndra Dangerfield, project supervisor, from Dayton, Ohio, and Armed Forces of the Philippines engineers review designs for a future co More
KOLONIA, Pohnpei (June 21, 2015) – Civilian Mariner Curtis Hallam throws a line from the Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) onto the docks after arriving in Kolonia, Pohn More
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Iridius Ruise (left), a preventative medicine technician, and Chief Hospital Corpsman Edgar Saavedra, medical repair division leading chief petty officer from San Diego, stabilize Ho More
150621-N-TW039-034 Kolonia, POHNPEI (June 21, 2015) - The Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) prepares to pull pier side in Kolonia, Pohnpei, the Federated States of Micr More