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A sailor dressed in medical protection equipment carries a patient in an operating room.

Pacific Patient

Navy Cmdr. Gale Goodlow carries a patient following surgery during Pacific Partnership 2024 in Pohnpei, Micronesia, Dec. 18, 2023. The successful surgery restored the patient's hearing. Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

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