Posted: 06/01/2010
Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Osumi-Class amphibious assault ship JDS Kunisaki, and two Japanese landing craft air cushions steam through South China Sea during a photo exercise. Mercy is deployed as part of Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance endeavors to strengthen regional partnerships. Photo by Jonathan Husman
