Pacific Partnership 2011 Advanced Echelon Team Making Final Preparations in Vanuatu

Maritime civil affairs officer Lt.j.g. Ron Kolpack, part of the advanced echelon team for Pacific Partnership 2011 talks to locals in the Fanafo village about a future medical civil action project that will take place later this month. During the MEDCAP, patients will receive family, pediatrics, dental and optometry care. Pacific Partnership is a humanitarian assistance initiative, which promotes cooperation throughout the Pacific, which will visit five island nations this summer: Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and the Federated States of Micronesia.