150620-N-CF750-017 ARAWA, Papua New Guinea (June 20,

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ARAWA, Papua New Guinea (June 20, 2015) From the left: Lt. j.g. Tim Dengler, Cmdr. Ray Owens and Lt. Cmdr. Andy Hunt, part of Pacific Partnership advanced liaison party, look at a future engineering project at Piruana School, Arawa, Papua New Guinea. 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, PP15 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 Greg Badger/Released)