PORT Vila, Vanuatu (July 19, 2024) – left to right, The Hon Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s Minister of Climate Change Adaptation, Pastor Colin Keleb, Chairman of the Vanuatu Christian Council (VCC), the Hon Matai SEREMAIAH Nawalu, Vanuatu’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ann Marie Yastishock, U.S. Ambassador to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and the Republic of Vanuatu, Chief Master-at-Arms Jon Cox, of Tyler, Texas, Logistics Specialist Submarine 1st Class Hsien Clod Pascua, of Honolulu and Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Joseph Dezamits of Scott Township, Pa., stand in front of the American flag at the opening ceremony of the U.S. Embassy in Port Vila, Vanuatu, July 19, 2024. The United States established diplomatic relations with the Government of Vanuatu in 1986. Ambassador Ann Marie Yastishock, is accredited to Vanuatu as the nonresident Ambassador and leads the diplomatic mission based in Port Vila. This opening further marks the growth of our relationship with Vanuatu and underlines the strength of our commitment to our bilateral relations, to the Ni-Vanuatu people, and to our partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Winslow Blow/Released)