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150617-N-HY254-028 TARAWA, Kiribati (June 17, 2015) An I-Kiribati girl presents a traditional garland to Capt. James Meyer, commodore of Task Force Forager, during a ribbon cutting ceremony. The ribbon cutting marks the completion of renovations by Seabees attached to Pacific Partnership 2015. Task Force Forager is embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3). Millinocket is serving as the secondary platform for Pacific Partnership, led by an expeditionary command element from the Navy's 30th Naval Construction Regiment (30th NCR) from Port Hueneme, Calif. Now in its 10th iteration, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership, missions have provided medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary service to more than 38,000 animals. Additionally, Pacific Partnership has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through the completion of more than 180 engineering products. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jonathan Kulp/Released)