Pacific Partnership: Recap of Vietnam

Now in its seventh year, Pacific Partnership is a U.S. Navy Medicine, U.S. Pacific Fleet and the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command humanitarian and civic assistance mission aboard the USNS Mercy designed to build stronger relationships and disaster response capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region.

Vietnam Community Service Project for Children with Disabilities

U.S. service members, Partner Nations and Non-Governmental Organization volunteers visit a school for children with disabilities in Vinh, Vietnam to play games, craft origami and perform for the children as part of Pacific Partnership 2012.

Pacific Partnership 2012 Saving Lives Together

U.S service members and Non-Governmental Organization volunteers supporting Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12) work side by side Vietnamese surgeons during a weeklong subject matter expert exchange at a local hospital in Vinh, Vietnam as part of PP12.

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Rear Adm. John Weigold explains how U.S. Service member, Partner Nations and Non-Governmental Organization volunteers work together to access patients during a Surgery Civic Action Project in Vinh, Vietnam as part of Pacific Partnership 2012.