Chief Petty Officer Brian Chaplow, musician, a member of the Pacific Fleet Band embarked with Pacific Partnership 2009, practices with members of the Royal Samoan Police Band before marching in a parade honoring National Library Week. Pacific Partnership is a humanitarian and civil assistance mission 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 Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd serves as the enabling platform for Pacific Partnership.