Rear Adm. Brent DeVore, commander of Joint Region Marianas, and U.S. Naval Forces Marianas, delivers remarks during the closing ceremony for Pacific Partnership 2024-2 in Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia, Sept. 23, 2024. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the U.S. Navy's largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan D. McLearnon)

YAP, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 9, 2024) – Canadian Armed Forces Sgt. Crystal Lockyer, an Army Dental Technician in the Royal Canadian Dental Corps, left, assists Canadian Army Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Maj. Dominik Rudecki during oral surgery on a patient at Yap State Hospital in support of the Pacific Partnership 2024-2 medical line of effort in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Sept. 9, 2024. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan D. McLearnon/Released)

YAP, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 7, 2024) – U.S. Navy and Canadian Armed Forces service members deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 take a group photo with locals at the plaque of a World War II memorial marker during a host nation outreach cleanup event with the Yap Visitors Bureau and members of the Yap Veterans Association, Sept. 7, 2024. The Pacific Partnership team assisted the Yap Visitors Bureau in the clean up of four of the known 19 World War II crash sites in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gavin Arnoldhendershot)

YAP, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 9, 2024) – U.S. Navy Cmdr. Hannah Hooten, Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) deputy director of medical operations and plans, gives a tour of Yap State Hospital to U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Todd Cimicata, commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific/Task Force 73, during a visit to observe the PP24-2 medical line of effort in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Sept. 9, 2024. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan D. McLearnon/Released)

YAP, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 9, 2024) – U.S. Navy Lt. Cory Lawrence-Fisher, of Eugene, Oreg., an aerospace optometrist, checks the eyesight of a patient for glasses in support of the Pacific Partnership 2024-2 medical line of effort at Yap State Hospital, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Sept. 9, 2024. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan D. McLearnon/Released)

YAP, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 9, 2024) – Canadian Armed Forces Maj. Dominik Rudecki, a Canadian Army Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in the Royal Canadian Dental Corps, injects local anesthesia into the gumline of a patient during an oral surgery at Yap State Hospital in support of the Pacific Partnership 2024-2 medical line of effort in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Sept. 9, 2024. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan D. McLearnon/Released)

Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) service members take a group photo to plan the PP24-2 mission events with government officials of Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia, Sept. 17, 2024. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gavin Arnoldhendershot)

Lt. Maeve Sullivan, left, Yap Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) country officer in charge, Lt. Cmdr. Zachary Zumwalt, center, PP24-2 mission chaplain and host nation outreach lead, and Lt. Davy Chrisfield, a Navy nurse, clean and paint a World War II memorial marker during a host nation outreach cleanup event with the Yap Visitors Bureau and members of the Yap Veterans Association, Sept. 7, 2024. The Pacific Partnership team assisted the Yap Visitors Bureau in the clean up of four of the known 19 World War II crash sites in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the U.S. Navy's largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan D. McLearnon)

Capt. Sharlene Gee, from Irvine, Calif., an optometrist with the Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) mission, examines a patient's eyesight for glasses at Yap State Hospital in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Sept. 9, 2024. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the U.S. Navy's largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan D. McLearnon)

YAP, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 10, 2024) – Service members assigned to Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) and traditional Yapese dancers pose for a photo during the PP24-2 Yap mission stop closing ceremony in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Sept. 10, 2024. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gavin Arnoldhendershot)