MAJURO, Marshall Islands (Nov. 3, 2023) U.S. Navy Cmdr. Gabriel Valerio, right, from San Diego, and Cmdr. Brittany Powell, middle, perform cataract surgery on a Marshallese patient aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands during Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Nov. 3, 2023. Now in its 19th iteration, 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)