Embarked Presidential Airways Puma Vertical Takeoff and Replenishment Team practice maneuvers aboard the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd in preparation for the Pacific Partnership 2009. The USNS Richard E. Byrd is en route to Samoa. Pacific Partnership 2009 will be the fourth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance missions for Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Dubuque will embark humanitarian civic assistance equipment and a robust multi-specialized team of preventive medicine personnel, veterinarians, medical and dental teams, a construction battalion and engineering personnel.