Category: US Navy

LAE, Papua New Guinea (July 28, 2025) – German Army OR-6 Justine Scherer attached to the Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), poses for a photo with a patient in Tent City Urban Clinic, in Lae, Papua New Guinea, on July 28, 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management 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 Mario E. Reyes Villatoro)

LAE, Papua New Guinea (July 28, 2025) A local Papua New Guinean pastor delivers a prayer at the beginning of a Women’s Peace and Security conference during Pacific Partnership 2025 in Lae, Papua New Guinea, July 28, 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management 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 Alexander Bussman)

LAE, Papua New Guinea (July 28, 2025) – Lt. Kelly Ganen, left, attached to the Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), and Dental Officer, Dr. Terrolynne Noese, discuss dental capabilities in Tent City Urban Clinic, in Lae, Papua New Guinea, on July 28, 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management 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 Mario E. Reyes Villatoro)

LAE, Papua New Guinea (July 28, 2025) – German Army Major Anne Marie Bettenhausen, left, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class John Pascual, right, both attached to the Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), conduct dental operations in Andau Dental Clinic, in Lae, Papua New Guinea, on July 28, 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management 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 Mario E. Reyes Villatoro)

LAE, Papua New Guinea (July 28, 2025) – U.S. Navy Chief Hospital Corpsman Cord Frazier alongside medical first responders from the German Armed Forces, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces, and the Republic of Korea Navy educates community members on how to properly dress a wound during first aid training in Lae, Papua New Guinea, July 28, 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management 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 2nd Class Jordan Jennings)