SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 5, 2022) Captain Timothy Quast, commanding officer of the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), right, serves food during a Fourth of July Celebration while underway for Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brandie Nuzzi)