Pacific Partnership 2009 dental team members from Canada, the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force work together to set up a portable dental treatment unit on board USNS Richard E. Byrd on the way to the mission's first stop is Samoa. The U.S. Navy's Pacific Partnership is the dedicated humanitarian and civic assistance mission conducted with and through partner nations, non-governmental organizations and other U.S. and international government agencies to execute a variety of humanitarian civic assistance missions in the Pacific Fleet area of responsibility. This year Pacific Partnership will travel to Oceania, including Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga. The Richard E. Byrd serves as the enabling platform for Pacific Partnership 2009.