PACIFIC OCEAN (July 18, 2022) John Hennessey-Niland, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, is welcomed aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) while participating in a tour in support of 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 3rd Class Raphael McCorey)