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PACIFIC OCEAN (May 17, 2022) – Royal Navy and Australian Defence Force personnel pose for a photo on the flight deck aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Mercy is currently underway as part of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel)