U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Braden Beavers, from Cleveland Tennessee, left, stitches closed, the right ear of a local patient at the conclusion of a tympanoplasty surgery onboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) while anchored in Weno, Chuuk, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 15, 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)