PORT Vila, Vanuatu (July 19, 2024) – Ambassador Ann Marie Yastishock, left, U.S. Ambassador to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and the Republic of Vanuatu, speaks with members of the medical team deployed with Pacific Partnership 24-2 in the newly opened intensive care unit at Port Vila Central Hospital, July 19, 2024. Pacific Partnership is the U. S. Navy's largest humanitarian and civic assistance mission with partner-nations, non-governmental organizations and other government agencies to execute a variety of humanitarian civic action missions across the Indo-Pacific. The annual mission is designed to strengthen relationships and improve U.S. and partner-capacity to deliver humanitarian assistance and disaster-relief preparedness. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Winslow Blow/Released)