Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Zachary Frates, left, passes a surgical tool to Lt. Caroline Messmer in an operating room aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) while performing surgery on a patient in the Philippines June 19, 2012, during Pacific Partnership 2012. Pacific Partnership is an annual deployment of forces designed to strengthen maritime and humanitarian partnerships during disaster relief operations, while providing humanitarian, medical, dental and engineering assistance to nations of the Pacific. ( Navy photo by Kristopher Radder/Released) USNS Mercy 120619-N-ZZ


Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Zachary Frates, left, passes a surgical tool to Lt. Caroline Messmer in an operating room aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) while performing surgery on a patient in the Philippines June 19, 2012, during Pacific Partnership 2012. Pacific Partnership is an annual deployment of forces designed to strengthen maritime and humanitarian partnerships during disaster relief operations, while providing humanitarian, medical, dental and engineering assistance to nations of the Pacific. ( Navy photo by Kristopher Radder/Released) USNS Mercy 120619-N-ZZ999-012


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