DA NANG, Vietnam (Aug. 22, 2015) Musician 3rd Class Steven Lamonica with the Pacific Fleet Band sings to a Vietnamese woman during a performance as part of Pacific Partnership 2015. The band is currently assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for PP15. Mercy is in currently in Vietnam for its fourth mission port of Pacific Partnership. 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


DA NANG, Vietnam (Aug. 22, 2015) Musician 3rd Class Steven Lamonica with the Pacific Fleet Band sings to a Vietnamese woman during a performance as part of Pacific Partnership 2015. The band is currently assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for PP15. Mercy is in currently in Vietnam for its fourth mission port of Pacific Partnership. 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. Additionally, the mission has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through more than 180 engineering project. ( Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Araceli Alarcon/RELEASED)


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