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A group of excited schoolchildren chase a smiling sailor and play tag outside with the mountains, a red car and a school in the background.

'You're It!'

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Hsien Clod Pascua from Honolulu plays tag with students during a community outreach event at Arimbay Elementary School in support of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 in Legazpi, Philippines, Aug. 5, 2024. Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission in the Indo-Pacific.

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