150701-N-TQ272-674 ARAWA, Autonomus Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (July 1, 2015) Dr. Cynthia Goobler, a World Vets volunteer embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), explains the importance of ear cleaning during a Pacific Partnership 2015 veterinary engagement. Mercy is in Papua New Guinea for its second mission port of Pacific Partnership 2015. Pacific Partnership is in its 10th iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark El-Rayes/Released)