Pacific Partnership members conduct subject matter expert exchange at Capiz State University [Image 2 of 11]

ROXAS CITY, PHILIPPINES

07.22.2015

Photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft 

Navy Public Affairs Support Element West

ROXAS CITY, Philippines (July 22, 2015) Members of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office listen to a lecture at Capiz State University during humanitarian assistance disaster relief subject matter expert exchange as part of Pacific Partnership 2015. The exchange brought together leaders and experts from the U.S. Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Philippine Army, Philippine Coast Guard, Roxas City and Province of Capiz Bureau of Fire Protection, Malaysia Army, Japan Air Self Defense Force, and International Emergency Medicine and Health Support Japan. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is currently in the Philippines for its third mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its 10th 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 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Critical infrastructure development has been supported in host nations during more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft/RELEASED)

• Date Taken: 07.22.2015
• Date Posted: 07.23.2015 03:15
• Photo ID: 2083442
• VIRIN: 150722-F-YW474-034
• Resolution: 4194x2796
• Size: 1.28 MB
• Location: ROXAS CITY, PH