Seagulls take an early morning flight as the USNS Mercy is anchored off the coast of Dili, Timor-Leste, July 14, 2008. U.S. sailors assigned to the Mercy participated in Pacific Partnership by performing humanitarian assistance and theater security in Timor-Leste. Pacific Partnership is a four month humanitarian mission to Southeast Asia intended to build collaborative relationships by providing engineering, civic, medical and dental assistance to the region.