ROXAS CITY, Philippines (July 21, 2015) Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lt. Luke Pitty (left) a dentist from Townsville, Australia, and Philippine army 1st Lt. Armelyn O Dela Cruz (center), dentists, and Royal Australian Air Force Leading Aircraft Woman Hannah Sunasky, a dental technician, from Williamtown, Australia, perform a dental procedure on a patient aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Dentists conducted a subject matter expert exchange to share ideas and techniques to improve their dental practices. Mercy is currently in the Philippines for its third mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its 10th iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership missions to date have provided real world medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,999 animals. Additionally, the mission has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Araceli Alarcon/RELEASED)
Date Taken: | 07.21.2015 |
Date Posted: | 07.21.2015 17:21 |
Photo ID: | 2080562 |
VIRIN: | 150721-F-SD522-055 |
Resolution: | 1500x1101 |
Size: | 1.15 MB |
Location: | ROXAS CITY, PH |
Hometown: | TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, AU |
Hometown: | WILLIAMTOWN, NEW SOUTH WALES, AU |
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