NGEREKEBESANG, Palau (Jan. 4, 2024) Royal Navy Lt. Cmdr. Karolyn John, left, from England, and U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Taniya Coleman, from Concord, North Carolina, extract a Palauan patient's tooth at the Senior Care Center in Ngerekebesang, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 4, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Gavin Arnoldhendershot)