TRANG, Vietnam (May 25, 2018) Lt. Cmdr. Alan Fleming (left), a native of Statesville, , who is assigned to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18), dances with a Vietnamese child to music played by Pacific Fleet Band during a community relations event at Khan Hoa Social Protection Center. PP18’s mission is to work collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase stability and security in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships across the Indo-


TRANG, Vietnam (May 25, 2018) Lt. Cmdr. Alan Fleming (left), a native of Statesville, , who is assigned to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18), dances with a Vietnamese child to music played by Pacific Fleet Band during a community relations event at Khan Hoa Social Protection Center. PP18’s mission is to work collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase stability and security in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships across the Indo-Pacific Region. Pacific Partnership, now in its 13th iteration, is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.


Size: 1601px × 1249px
Photo credit: © RP Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 2018, air, america, archive, armed, army, defence, force, forces, military, navy, nha, pacific, partnership, pp18, reportage, rm689, service, serviceman, servicemen, soldier, states, trang, united, usa, vietnam