A woman hugs Capt. John Shaub, deputy mission commander of Pacific Partnership 2009, during a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the renovation of the assembly hall at the Sasina primary school by engineers from the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. The Sasina primary school provides 1st through 8th grade education for children and acts as a community meeting hall when school is not in session. Pacific Partnership is a humanitarian and civil assistance mission in the Pacific Fleet area of responsibility. This year Pacific Partnership will travel to Oceania, including Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga. The Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd serves as the enabling platform for Pacific Partnership.
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