160814-N-QW941-500 AT SEA (Aug. 14, 2016) Lt. Steven

160814-N-QW941-500 AT SEA (Aug. 14, 2016) Lt. Steven Whelpley (center), from Fredericksburg, Virginia, an emergency physician assigned to hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), debriefs Pacific Partnership 2016 and Malaysian Armed Forces personnel aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) following a Pacific Partnership search and rescue exercise. During the exercise Pacific Partnership and Malaysian Armed Forces personnel worked together to respond to a simulated maritime distress call resulting from a typhoon. The event concluded Pacific Partnership’s mission stop in Kuantan, Malaysia. Mercy is en route to its final mission stop in Padang, Indonesia. Upon arrival, partner nations will work side-by-side with local military and non-government organizations to conduct cooperative health engagements, community relation events, subject matter expert exchanges and a SAR exercise to better prepare for natural disaster or crisis. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Trevor Kohlrus/Released)