TRANG, Sri Lanka (May 22, 2018) Cmdr. Eamon O’Reilly and Capt. Peter Shumaker, currently assigned to Military Sealift Command USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18), observe as local Vietnamese surgeons use microsurgical techniques during restorative burn surgery on a patient’s neck Khanh Hoa General Hospital. 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 P


TRANG, Sri Lanka (May 22, 2018) Cmdr. Eamon O’Reilly and Capt. Peter Shumaker, currently assigned to Military Sealift Command USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18), observe as local Vietnamese surgeons use microsurgical techniques during restorative burn surgery on a patient’s neck Khanh Hoa General Hospital. 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.


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