ROXAS CITY, Republic of Philippines (July 19, 2015)

ROXAS CITY, Republic of Philippines (July 19, 2015) Capt. Christopher Engdahl (right), mission commander of Pacific Partnership 2015 from South Bend, Indiana, gives a tour of an operating room aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. The tour group included Philippines Consulate General to Hawaii Gina A. Jamoralin, Hawaii State Legislature Vice Speaker John Mizuno, and Rear Adm. Charlie Williams, commander, Task Force 73. Mercy is currently in the Republic of Philippines for its third 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. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft/RELEASED)