Ribbon cutting ceremony at Basiao Elementary School in the Philippines during Pacific Partnership 2015 [Image 4 of 6]

BASIAO, PHILIPPINES

08.01.2015

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class trevor andersen 

Navy Public Affairs Support Element West

BASIAO, Philippines (Aug. 1, 2015) Construction Engineer 3rd Class Juan Lopez says goodbye to a crying student at the Basiao Elementary School ribbon cutting ceremony. U.S. Navy Seabees and U.S. Air Force RED HORSE engineers from the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), spent two weeks with the students while rebuilding parts of the school that had been damaged in Hurricane Yolanda. Mercy is in the Philippines for its third mission port of Pacific Partnership 2015. 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. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Trevor Andersen/RELEASED)

• Date Taken: 08.01.2015
• Date Posted: 08.01.2015 18:00
• Photo ID: 2099772
• VIRIN: 150801-N-UQ938-282
• Resolution: 2626x3280
• Size: 534.14 KB
• Location: BASIAO, PH