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Pacific Partnership

Deputy Mission Commander Pacific Partnership Wing Commander Scott Minchin holds a child during the mission in the Pacific. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
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Friendly Aussie faces in the Pacific

06/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 994 Views 0 Comments Pacific Partnership

The outgoing deputy commander of a US-led operation to provide humanitarian assistance across the Indo-Pacific said Australian servicemen and women

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Royal Australian Navy Gender, Peace and Security Adviser Lieutenant Vicky Nguyen, left, during the Pacific Partnership 2022 closing ceremony in Palawan, Philippines. Story by Captain Sarah Kelly. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.
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Pacific Partnership concludes in the Philippines

26/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1677 Views 0 Comments Navy Band, Pacific Partnership, USNS Mercy

As the Philippine phase of Pacific Partnership 2022 concluded, members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) contingent farewelled the United

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Air Force Dentist Flight Lieutenant Jack O'Neill (right) and Dental Assistant Leading Aircraftwoman Ocean Mitchell perform a dental procedure onboard United States Hospital Ship USNS Mercy during Pacific Partnership 2022 in Palawan, Philippines. Story by Captain Sarah Kelly. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.
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All smiles on Pacific Partnership 2022

19/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1664 Views 0 Comments Pacific Partnership, Philippines, USNS Mercy

Flight Lieutenant Jack O’Neill is a Royal Australian Air Force dental officer currently deployed on Pacific Partnership 2022. CAPTION: Air

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Australian Army officer Captain Sarah Kelly, public affairs officer, holds a child from the local community at Macarascas Elementary School, Palawan, Philippines. Story by Captain Sarah Kelly. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.
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Pacific Partnership makes a difference

16/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1387 Views 0 Comments Armed Forces of the Philippines, Pacific Partnership, US Navy

Australian Defence Force (ADF) medical and dental specialists have joined Pacific Partnership 2022 in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. CAPTION: Australian Army

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Royal Australian Navy Reserve Medical Officer and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Commander Ravi Mahajani conducts a pre-surgery consultation on a patient at Khan Hoa General Hospital in Nha Trang, Vietnam, during Exercise Pacific Partnership 2017. The patient could not lift his arm above his shoulder due to excessive scarring caused by severe electrical burns. Photo by Sergeant Ray Vance.
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Pacific Partnership 2017 declared a huge success

07/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3136 Views 0 Comments Pacific Partnership

The success of the multi-national Pacific Partnership humanitarian aid and disaster relief training series continues to expand, with this year’s

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Royal Australian Navy Nursing Officer Lieutenant Commander Alison Zilko tends to a Vietnamese patient at the Emergency Reception at Da Nang General Hospital during Exercise Pacific Partnership 2017. Photo by Sergeant Ray Vance.
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Aussie medics in Vietnamese hospitals

14/05/201714/05/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3314 Views 0 Comments Pacific Partnership

A team of Australian Defence Force (ADF) medical specialists have deployed to Vietnam for the final phase of Exercise Pacific

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GLENO, Timor Leste (June 15, 2016) Cpl. Anatoliy Derepa, a member of the New Zealand Defense Force, and a native of Wellington, New Zealand, assigned to USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), educates local Timorese children at the Dona Ana Lemos Escuela elementary school on basic oral hygiene during a Pacific Partnership 2016 health outreach event. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Cousins/Released)
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Pacific Partnership visits Timor-Leste

28/06/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4453 Views 0 Comments Pacific Partnership, Timor-Leste

Nine New Zealand Defence Force personnel took part in a number of community engagements during a recent two-week humanitarian visit

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Kiwis on board for South-Pacific Mercy mission
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Kiwis on board for South-Pacific Mercy mission

02/06/201609/06/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3634 Views 2 Comments Pacific Partnership, USNS Mercy

Nine New Zealand Defence Force personnel have embarked on the US naval hospital ship USNS Mercy as they take part

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A United States Navy surgical team perform cleft-palate surgery on a two-year-old boy from Bougainville onboard hospital ship USNS Mercy during Pacific Partnership 2015. Photo by Able Seaman Chantell Brown
Australian News Overseas 

Exercise Pacific Partnership 2015 completed

07/09/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3621 Views 0 Comments ADF, Pacific Partnership, US Navy

The Australian Defence Force has completed its involvement in Exercise Pacific Partnership 2015, an annual United States-led humanitarian and civic

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