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The Honorable Russ Comeau, U.S. Chargé D'Affaires for Solomon Islands, left; Manasseh Sogavare, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, center; and Capt. Kim, mission commander of Pacific Partnership 2022, right, pose for a photo during a public ceremony in Unity Square in the heart of Honiara. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendship and cooperation among many nations. This year’s mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia. (Courtesy photo by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Sfc. Toshihiro Mizuochi)