PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 6, 2022) Cmdr. Andrew Parsons, from San Diego, checks a child's vitals before surgery aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during 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 Drace Wilson)