150628-N-PZ713-439 ARAWA, Autonomus Region of Bougainville,
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150628-N-PZ713-439
ARAWA, Autonomus Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (June 28, 2015) Hospitalman Brandon Butler, from Chesapeake, Va.,, attached to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), takes patient’s vital signs at a surgical screening during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy is in Papua New Guinea for its second mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its 10th 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 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 Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mayra A. Conde/ RELEASED)
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