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160630-N-BB534-609 LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines (June 30, 2016) Dra. Salvacion Macinas, chief of medical professional staff at Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital, gives the opening remarks during the Joint Disaster Management Symposium. The symposium gave Pacific Partnership 2016 personnel, members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and local medical personnel the chance to have an open dialogue about disaster management relief, in a medical context. Pacific Partnership is visiting the Philippines for the seventh time since its first mission in 2006. Partner nations are working side-by-side with local military and non-government organizations to conduct cooperative health engagements, community relation events and subject matter expert exchanges to better prepare for a natural disaster or crisis. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Elizabeth Merriam/Released)