USNS Mercy arrives in Hawaii, En Route for Pacific Partnership 2018
PEARL HARBOR (March 3, 2018) Sailors assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) prepare as the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to support Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18). PP18’s mission is to work collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase stability and security in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships across the Indo-Pacific Region. Pacific Partnership, now in its 13th iteration, is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Katarzyna Kobiljak)
