KOROR, Palau (July 19, 2022) Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Brian Bickmeier salutes a SH-60K helicopter attached to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Kirisame (DD 104) aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) as part of a multilateral search and rescue exercise coordinated with the U.S. Navy, Republic of Palau, U.S. Coast Guard, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Royal Navy 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 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel)