U.S. Navy Lt. Adam Boyd, with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21, marks off pallets delivered as an SA-330J Puma helicopter unloads cargo from the dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd onto the flight deck of the hospital ship USNS Mercy during a replenishment at sea in the Philippine Sea, June 17, 2012, during Pacific Partnership 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.