Pacific Partnership 2024-2 and Philippine Service Members Assist and Donate Books for Legazpi Schools [Image 6 of 8]

LEGAZPI, Philippines (Aug 15. 2024) – U.S. Navy Lt. Jon Saadey, the Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) Philippines officer in-charge, gives a speech during a 1,200 book donation in support of local schools as part of a community outreach event for PP24-2 in Legazpi, Philippines, Aug. 15, 2024. The books address the critical limitation of English literacy highlighted across all 56 schools in the district. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gavin Arnoldhendershot)