(From left) Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, commander of Navy Medicine West, Brig. Gen. Mosese Tikoitoga, commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, and Capt. Melanie Merrick, commanding officer of the Military Treatment Facility USNS Mercy, share a laugh over morning tea at the Republic of Fiji Military Forces strategic headquarters during Pacific Partnership 2015. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is in Suva, Fiji for its first mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its tenth iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief prepar
(From left) Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, commander of Navy Medicine West, Brig. Gen. Mosese Tikoitoga, commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, and Capt. Melanie Merrick, commanding officer of the Military Treatment Facility USNS Mercy, share a laugh over morning tea at the Republic of Fiji Military Forces strategic headquarters during Pacific Partnership 2015. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is in Suva, Fiji for its first mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its tenth 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 official infrastructure development to host nations through more than 180 engineering projects. Senior Airman Peter Reft/)
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