U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Douglas Monette, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) examines a patient's eye during a Pacific Partership 2012 medical program aboard the ship June 20, 2012, in the Philippine Sea. 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)