150708-N-CF750-152 RABAUL, Papua New Guinea (July 7,

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RABAUL, Papua New Guinea (July 7, 2015) Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two One performs a search and rescue demonstration in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, as part of Pacific Partnership humanitarian and disaster relief training. USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is in Papua New Guinea for its second 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. Critical infrastructure development has been supported in host nations during more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Greg Badger/Released)