150720-N-TQ272-455 ROXAS CITY, Philippines (July 20, 2015) Capt. Melanie Merrick, commanding officer of the medial treatment facility aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship Mercy (T-AH 19), answers questions during a press conference as part of Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy is in the Philippines for its third 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)