Pacific Partnership 2024-2 Community Health Engagement and Band Performance at Malem Elementary School [Image 1 of 6]

KOSRAE, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 19, 2024) – U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Dzmitry Astapchyk, from Toms River, N. J., uses an auto refractor to check a patient’s eyes during a Pacific Partnership 2024-2 community health engagement at Malem Elementary School in Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia, Sept. 19, 2024. 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)