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A Navy officer conducts a dental exam on a young boy.

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Navy Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Hershey conducts a dental examination at a clinic in Honiara, Solomon Islands, during Pacific Partnership, Aug. 31, 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

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