SUVA, Fiji (June 10, 2015) Logistics Specialist 2nd Class David Bergfeld, from San Jose, Calif., plays with a group of students from the Hilton Special School during a community engagement project for Pacific Partnership 2015. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is currently in Suva, Fiji for its first 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 hav


SUVA, Fiji (June 10, 2015) Logistics Specialist 2nd Class David Bergfeld, from San Jose, Calif., plays with a group of students from the Hilton Special School during a community engagement project for Pacific Partnership 2015. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is currently in Suva, Fiji for its first 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. Additionally, the mission has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through more than 180 engineering projects. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Valerie Eppler/Released) Service members enjoy a community engagement project in Suva, Fiji during Pacific Partnership 2015 150610-M-DN141-440


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