Lt. Jossie Perez, right, explains the Pacific Partnership mission operation center in Tacloban, Philippines, to Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, commander of Battle Force U.S. 7th Fleet. Pacific Partnership is in its ninth iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Greg Badger/Released)