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Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force Lt. Ikagami Kan, from Yokosuka, Japan, middle left, Fred Ofarara, a local ear nose and throat doctor from the Solomon Islands, middle right, and U.S. Navy Capt. Marco Ayala, from Washington D.C, right, remove a nasal fungal infection from a local patient aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) anchored off of Honiara, Solomon Islands, during Pacific Partnership 2024-1 Nov. 21, 2023. Now in its 19th iteration, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel)