Pacific Partnership 2010
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Australia’s involvement in the Pacific region is being bolstered with participation in the annual US-led humanitarian assistance mission Pacific Partnership 2010 (PP10).
Initially, twenty two Australian Defence Force (ADF) members will join the United States Navy Ship (USNS) Mercy in Guam as the first of three separate Australian contingents to rotate through the region over the next three months.
The PP10 mission marks the fifth year of Australian participation, and will provide engineering and medical assistance in Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea.
PP10 is aimed at strengthening international relationships and interoperability for disaster relief throughout South East Asia and Oceania. A total of approximately 70 ADF personnel will be based out of USNS Mercy in Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and East Timor during PP10. Additionally, RAN assets HMA Ships Labuan and Tarakan will provide assistance with ship to shore movements in some countries.
Lieutenant General Mark Evans, Chief of Joint Operations, said the support the ADF is providing to this year’s Pacific Partnership was an important example of regional engagement.
“It really demonstrates the government’s commitment to our region and the ADF’s focus on interoperability with our neighbours,” added LTGEN Evans.
PP10 has been held annually by US Pacific Fleet since the devastating effects of the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004.
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A short video on the role undertaken by HMA Ships Tarakan and Labuan in Pacific Partnership 2010.
YouTube Video courtesy of the official ADF Media YouTube channel.
USNS Mercy (16 June 2010). ADF medical staff will work with U.S. military, partner nations and non-government organisations to conduct a range of surgeries onboard USNS Mercy in each host nation visited during Pacific Partnership 2010. The medical facilities onboard USNS Mercy include operating theatres, diagnostic x-ray and ultrasound equipment, pharmacy, dental suite, lens laboratory and a blood bank. Total patients seen ashore in Vietnam: 19,063. Total Mercy patients seen: 343. Total surgeries on USNS Mercy: 130.
Video courtesy of the official ADF Media YouTube channel.
(24 May 2010).
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 Lieutenant Rebecca Pollkehn and a United States Army Medic conduct training on a simulated arm during a 'skills station' day in USNS Mercy. |
 Lieutenant Rebecca Pollkehn injects an intravenous needle. |
 Lieutenant Rebecca Pollkehn and Hospital Corpsman Skylar Youngstram from the United States Navy conduct training on a simulated arm. |
 Lieutenant Elizabeth Livingstone, an eye specialist (ophthalmologist) onboard USNS Mercy conducts medical observations of a patients eye. |
 Lieutenant Rebecca Pollkehn completes post operative observations in the recovery ward of USNS Mercy whilst Surgeon, Doctor Steven Dahl holds the hand of patient 37 year old Huyn Buhn from Quy Nhon, Vietnam. |
 Lieutenant Dierdre Smith, RAN Nursing Officer prepares instruments for surgery in one of 17 operating theatres on USNS Mercy, whilst visitng Quy Nhon, Vietnam. |
 Lieutenant Elizabeth Livingstone, an ophthalmologist onboard USNS Mercy observes a patients eye through an eye microscope whilst conducting specialist treatment. |
