Keywords: USNS Mercy holds an opening ceremony in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea during Pacific Partnership 150706-N-UQ938-092.jpg en RABAUL Papua New Guinea July 6 2015 Capt Christopher Engdahl the Pacific Partnership mission commander talks with media at a ceremony aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy T-AH 19 Mercy is currently in Papua New Guinea for its second mission port of Pacific Partnership 2015 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 Critical infrastructure development has been supported in host nations during more than 180 engineering projects U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Trevor Andersen/RELEASED 2015-07-06 Petty Officer 1st Class trevor andersen https //www dvidshub net/image/2060736 150706-N-UQ938-092 2015-07-14 12 30 RABAUL PG PD-USGov-Military-Navy USNS Mercy T-AH-19 Pacific Partnership 2015 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |