160613-M-TM809-060 DILI, Timor Leste (June 13, 2016) Lt. Cmdr. Wendy Philip-Cyprien, a native of the U.S. Virgin Islands, monitors a patient’s vitals during a cleft palate repair surgery aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). The patient was also treated aboard Mercy when the ship visited Timor Leste for Pacific Partnership 2008. Pacific Partnership 2016 marks the sixth time the mission has visited Timor Leste since its first visit in 2006. Medical, engineering and various other personnel embarked aboard Mercy are working side-by-side with partner nation counterparts, exchanging ideas, building best practices and relationships to ensure preparedness should disaster strike. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brittney Vella/Released)