160922-N-TR165-130 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Sept. 22, 2016) Military Sealift Command personnel aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) stow lines as Mercy departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Pacific Partnership 2016 deployed in May, embarked aboard Mercy, visiting six ports, during which civilian and military personnel from 14 partner nations worked together, exchanging knowledge and best practices in order to improve collective disaster response preparedness in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Upon departure from Hawaii, Mercy, with the embarked Pacific Partnership 2016 team, will sail to her homeport of San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Cousins/Released)