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Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Able Seaman Medic Sienna Williams, left front, provides guidance as Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Deondre McDonald, assigned to Pacific Partnership 2026 (PP26), left back, and Lt. Cmdr. Stephanie Bitant, PP26 trauma nurse, right, practice strapping a Kendrick extrication device (KED) on RAN Lieutenant Elliot Heeney, nursing officer, during training to strengthen interoperability between the two countries’ medical teams in the sick bay aboard RAN amphibious Bay-class Landing Ship Dock (LSD) HMAS Choules (L100), at sea, July 14, 2026. Approximately 113 PP26 personnel from Australia, Canada, Germany, and the U.S. have embarked on Choules, which is providing transport and logistics support to the mission across multiple mission stops. Now in its 22nd iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Caroline H. Lui)
| Date Taken: | 07.13.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 07.14.2026 05:16 |
| Photo ID: | 9809191 |
| VIRIN: | 260714-N-IK052-2063 |
| Resolution: | 7146x4764 |
| Size: | 7.73 MB |
| Location: | U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY |
| Web Views: | 3 |
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