Pacific Partnership is a multinational
effort which means that we work with
partner nations who share our values ,
who share our commitment to these
developing nations who host us and who
share a common goal of a free and open
Indo Pacific . It was wonderful , uh
wonderful working with the partnership
team DB service is not free . Um It's
not available in the island . So we
are bringing it to the the intent is
that while we're here , we can set ,
we can set conditions for
continued engagement to get them to
where they want to be what their goals
are for disaster response , showing us
practices that have worked , but also
showing us what , what's not working ,
how we can uh better improve our
response . Uh Here in the islands ,
as we know with Pacific Partnership ,
it's focused on developing capacity .
Uh but that capacity building that
partnership , it's a human work . And
so it's all about a human connection .
Uh My guys were here for about 10 days
and uh we're really able to like make
friends with the locals , uh get
involved with the community and , and
just show our support and love for the
people of the solo mis uh under the
banner of Pacific Partnership for me .
This is really awesome . Um
because we don't have optometry . We
have limited supplies when it comes to
dental work . So this is a blessing to
us . We had uh one of our CT techs ,
our cat scan techs go out to the local
hospital and say , oh , I have a , I
know a machine just like that . Let me
show you uh how I can work this . They
were doing three ct scans a day . He
showed them , hey , doing different
protocols , doing this or that you can
do 15 scans a day . The number of hey ,
we've taught them , they have an
increased capability and they can now
do more and more ct scans . Each time I
talk to you , they've done more because
we were there . So a lot of the
physicians at local hospitals don't
have the same opportunities that we
have in the United States for
continuing medical education . And so
what we did was what we called Graham
rounds where one of our medical
specialists would give a continuing
medical education lecture to the staff
of the local hospital . It was really
well received . We have very limited
resources at the hospital . So these
learning side by side of opportunities
really are very valuable for not just
me but all the other doctors who have
benefited from this visit by the mercy
ship doctors . What we're able to do in
taking this level of care to these
populations , taking this level of hope
to these populations underscores the
commitment of the United States of
America to these countries and to these
people who share our common values ,
who share a common desire for a free
and open Indo Pacific and who share a
common humanity . We go because there's
a need . We go because we partner with
like minded nations and like minded
peoples and we go because we are .