An Australian mission chief of staff will serve onboard the USNS Mercy, and a British Royal Navy deputy mission commander will lead the mission on the USNS Fall River, according to Lt. This year’s mission will be led by Commander, Destroyer Squadron 31, and the mission is unique in that it will feature a multinational command-and-control structure. and the Asian nation.ĭuring the mission, which is expected to run to June, medical, dental, civil engineering and veterinary teams will partner with each host nation to conduct civic action projects, community health exchanges, medical symposiums and disaster-response training activities. The visit to Vietnam will also mark the fifth consecutive year and the ninth time in 11 years that Pacific Partnership has taken place in Vietnam, in a continued sign of improving relations between the U.S. Pacific Partnership 2018 will see 800 military and civilian personnel from seven nations embarked on the hospital ship USNS Mercy, shown, and the expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Fall River.
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