HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Aug. 31, 2022) Lt. j.g. Celeste Arteaga, from Rock Island, Illinois, teaches local nurses from the Solomon Islands about checking the digestive tract on a simulated patient aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) in the ship's intensive care unit 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The year's mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel)