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Navy Capt. James Morgan, right, mission commander for Pacific Partnership 2012, and Capt. Jonathan Olmsted, left, ship master of the USNS Mercy, brief reporters on the upcoming joint civilian-military humanitarian mission to aid Pacific nations during a press briefing in the Pentagon, April 17, 2012.

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Navy Capt. James Morgan, right, mission commander for Pacific Partnership 2012, and Capt. Jonathan Olmsted, left, ship master of the USNS Mercy, brief reporters on the upcoming joint civilian-military humanitarian mission to aid Pacific nations during a press briefing in the Pentagon, April 17, 2012.

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