150709-N-UQ938-302 RABAUL, Papua New Guinea (July 9, 2015) Capt. Melanie Merrick, commanding officer of the Medical Treatment Facility aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), speaks at a women's leadership symposium during Pacific Partnership 2015. A panel consisting of female leaders from Papua New Guinea and Mercy discussed women's roles in economics, domestic violence, and political leadership. Mercy is in Papua New Guinea for its second mission port of Pacific Partnership. Pacific Partnership is in its tenth 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 1st Class Trevor Andersen/Released)