PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (July 27, 2022) – Leaders from Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) are welcomed to Puerto Princesa, Philippines, by Vice Mayor Nancy Socrates, Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Command Deputy Commander Col. Rey M Bes, and other city, military, and port authority leaders upon arrival of Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) to Puerto Princesa during the kick off of PP22 in the Philippines. 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 1st Class Shamira Purifoy)