SUVA, Fiji (June 10, 2015) Brig. Gen. Mosese Tikoitoga,

SUVA, Fiji (June 10, 2015) Brig. Gen. Mosese Tikoitoga, commander of the Republic of the Fiji Military Force, and guests tour the engine room of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy is currently in Suva, Fiji for its first mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its tenth iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership missions to date have provided real world medical care to approximately 27,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,999 animals. Additionally, the mission has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark El-Rayes/Released)