Military Sealift Command personnel and U.S. sailors aboard MSC hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) work together to load trash onto a Vietnamese motorized barge in Vinh City, Vietnam, July 21, 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Clay M. Whaley)