SUBIC BAY, Philippines (Aug. 8, 2015) A Filipino family sits in a pre-operation ward aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Operation Smile conducted patient selection, logistics, and surgery for children with cleft palate and cleft lip. Mercy is currently in the Philippines for its third 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 Partners

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SUBIC BAY, Philippines (Aug. 8, 2015) A Filipino family sits in a pre-operation ward aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Operation Smile conducted patient selection, logistics, and surgery for children with cleft palate and cleft lip. Mercy is currently in the Philippines for its third 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. Critical infrastructure development has been supported in host nations during more than 180 engineering projects. Senior Airman Peter Reft/)

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