160511-N-RM689-131 SAN DIEGO (May 11, 2016) Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) remove the line from the bollard as Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) prepares to depart from Naval Base San Diego May 11 for Pacific Partnership 2016. Pacific Partnership is in its eleventh iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kelsey L. Adams/Released)

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