SAN DIEGO (Sept. 30, 2022) - Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Savanna Gerber greets her son upon Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercys (T-AH 19) return to San Diego after completion of Pacific Partnership 2022. Having just completed its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multi-national humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership 2022 host nations included Vietnam, Palau, the Philippines and Solomon Islands. U.S. Service Members carried out the mission alongside partner nation representatives from Australia, Chile, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom.

SAN DIEGO (Sept. 30, 2022) - Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Savanna Gerber greets her son upon Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercys (T-AH 19) return to San Diego after completion of Pacific Partnership 2022. Having just completed its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multi-national humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership 2022 host nations included Vietnam, Palau, the Philippines and Solomon Islands. U.S. Service Members carried out the mission alongside partner nation representatives from Australia, Chile, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom.
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