Pacific Partnership 2012 Moves from Indonesia to Philippines
Monday, June 18th, 2012
Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy sails through the remote islands to the Northeast of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, on June 12.The Mercy had just left Sangihe i, one of several islands in North Sulawesi that Pacific Partnership 2012 visited. Photo by Kristopher Radder
Pacific Partnership 2012 arrived in Samar, the Philippines today after completing a successful humanitarian mission in Indonesia. PP 2012 consists of the hospital ship USNS Mercy, scores of U.S. military volunteers, troops from other militaries and personnel from many non-governmental organizations. The 2012 version of this annual event has wrapped up a visit to Indonesia and moved on to the second of four host nations on its schedule. PP 2012 will have a total of eleven partner nations and two dozen non-governmental organizations participating at various times during the mission.
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