WEWAK, Papua New Guinea (Oct. 12, 2023) Pacific Partnership 2023 and Papua New Guinea Defense Force leadership pose for a photo during Pacific Partnership 2023 Papua New Guinea opening ceremony, Oct. 12, 2023. Now in its 18th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy graphic by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Eric Chan. Image has been stitch together to make a panoramic.)