150611-N-HY254-012 TARAWA, Kiribati (June 11, 2015)
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150611-N-HY254-012 TARAWA, Kiribati (June 11, 2015) An I-Kiribati boy watches U.S. Army Capt. Paige Wallace perform a surgical procedures on a dog during a joint veterinary community health engagement held at the Teinainano Urban Council in Tarawa, Kiribati. Deworming, castrations and spays are some of the many professional knowledge exchanges that are taking place during this year’s Pacific Partnership mission. Now in its 10th iteration, Pacific Partnership 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 have provided medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Additionally, Pacific Partnership has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through the completion of more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jonathan R. Kulp/Released)
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