Crew members with the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) unload medical equipment from a hovercraft provided by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in Samar, Philippines, June 19, 2012. Pacific Partnership is an annual deployment of forces designed to strengthen maritime and humanitarian partnerships during disaster relief operations, while providing humanitarian, medical, dental and engineering assistance to nations of the Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Roadell Hickman/Released)