150703-N-UQ938-019 ARAWA, Autonomous Region of Bougainville,
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150703-N-UQ938-019
ARAWA, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (July 3, 2015) U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Minchul Chun (left) and U.S. Navy Steelworker 3rd Class Daniel Rosas of Los Angeles, install framing of a building at Tupukas Primary School. A team of U.S. Navy Seabees, U.S. Air Force REDHORSE engineers and Australian Regular Army engineers constructed a new building at the site as part of Pacific Partnership 2015. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is currently in Papua New Guinea for its second mission port of PP 2015. 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 real world medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Critical infrastructure development has been supported in host nations during more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Trevor Andersen/RELEASED)
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