The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during a deployment in support of Pacific Partnership 2012. Pacific Partnership is the seventh in a series of U.S. Pacific Fleet-sponsored humanitarian and civic assistance missions that work to strengthen regional relationships and to collectively respond to natural disasters in southeast Asia and the western Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tiarra Fulgham)