Pacific Fleet Band plays at Arawa Primary School during Pacific Partnership 2015 [Image 27 of 27]

ARAWA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

06.29.2015

Photo by Mayra Conde 

U.S. Navy           

ARAWA, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (June 30, 2015) Women throw flowers for members of the Pacific Fleet Band during a concert for children at the Arawa Primary School as part of Pacific Partnership 2015. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is in Papua New Guinea for its second 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 medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Additionally, PP15 has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through the completion of more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mayra A. Conde/ RELEASED)

• Date Taken: 06.29.2015
• Date Posted: 07.02.2015 00:09
• Photo ID: 2041302
• VIRIN: 150630-N-PZ713-122
• Resolution: 3310x1862
• Size: 1.56 MB
• Location: ARAWA, PG