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04 September 2009
Pacific Partnership 2009

HMA Ships BETANO and WEWAK crews worked long, hard days on ship to shore support and expeditionary medical programs during the US Navy’s humanitarian civic assistance mission PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009. The ‘H’ crews joined the specialist ADF engineering, medical and dental team in Tonga and the Solomon Islands. PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP is the annual, US sponsored training and readiness mission in the Pacific Fleet area of responsibility, this year traveling to Samoa, Tonga, the Solomon Islands, Kiribati and the Republic of the Marshall Islands providing vital medical, dental, engineering and veterinary aid from June to September.

20090903adf_Rago_Kir11 Royal Australian Air Force Dental Hygienist Corporal Diane Beningfield conducts Subject Matter Expert Exchange program with local I-Kiribati dental hygienists at a hospital during PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009. Corporal Diane Beningfield, from RAAF Base Tindal, has been providing theoretical and practical instruction to her host nation counterparts in cleanings, fillings, hygiene and patient care. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_Kir5 Royal Australian Navy Medical Officer Lieutenant Ian Traise pauses for a minute with some locals and His Excellency Mr Brett Aldam Australian High Commissioner to Kiribati during another busy day at the expeditionary medical clinic in Kiribati during humanitarian civic assistance mission PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_LCH11 Deputy Commander Captain Shaub and Mission Commander Captain Cully from US Navy’s PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009 walk alongside Landing Craft Heavy Captains Lieutenant Cam Hooper and Lieutenant Commander Damien Munchenberg to a thank you ceremony for the Landing Craft Crews in the Solomon Islands. HMA Ships BETANO and WEWAK participated in the Tonga and Solomon Islands legs of the US sponsored humanitarian civic assistance mission in August 2009 providing vital ship to shore support and traveling on expeditionary medical projects to remote locations. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_LCH14 The crews of Royal Australian Navy Landing Craft Heavy HMAS BETANO and HMAS WEWAK receive a formal thank you from PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009 Mission Commander Captain Andrew Cully, US Navy in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The crews were proud to serve on the worthy humanitarian civic assistance mission. The US Navy were hounored to work with the Australian Navy and grateful for the vital support the provided to the mission. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_LCH15 Commanding Officer of Landing Craft Heavy HMAS BETANO, Lieutenant William Hooper RAN, receives a "Thankyou" frame from PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP Mission Commander Captain Andrew Cully on behalf of his crew at a farewell ceremony for HMA Ships BETANO and WEWAK in Honiara, Solomon Islands. BETANO and WEWAK worked closely with the US Navy on the humanitarian civic assistance mission providing vital ship to shore support for USNS RICHRD.E.BYRD and undertaking expeditionary medical programs. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_LCH17 The crews of Royal Australian Navy Landing Craft Heavy HMAS BETANO and HMAS WEWAK receive a formal thank you from PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009 Mission Commander Captain Andrew Cully, US Navy in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The crews were proud to serve on the worthy humanitarian civic assistance mission. The US Navy were hounored to work with the Australian Navy and grateful for the vital support the provided to the mission. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_PC1 Royal Australian Navy Seaman Officer Lieutenant Commander Scott Dixon makes some new friends in Kiribati during PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009. Lieutenant Commander Dixon is leader of one of the Advance Teams for Tonga and Kiribati, representing the US Navy Mission Commander in preparing and organizing mission requirements in advance of the arrival of the mission’s enabling platform USNS RICHARD.E.BYRD. Lieutenant Commander Dixon is an exchange Officer with US Navy working at Amphibious Squadron ONE and living in San Diego with his young family. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_PC11 Royal Australian Navy Seaman Officer Lieutenant Commander Scott Dixon makes some new friends in Kiribati during PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009. Lieutenant Commander Dixon is leader of one of the Advance Teams for Tonga and Kiribati, representing the US Navy Mission Commander in preparing and organizing mission requirements in advance of the arrival of the mission’s enabling platform USNS RICHARD.E.BYRD. Lieutenant Commander Dixon is an exchange Officer with US Navy working at Amphibious Squadron ONE and living in San Diego with his young family. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res

20090903adf_Rago_Kir11 Royal Australian Air Force Dental Hygienist Corporal Diane Beningfield conducts Subject Matter Expert Exchange program with local I-Kiribati dental hygienists at a hospital during PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009. Corporal Diane Beningfield, from RAAF Base Tindal, has been providing theoretical and practical instruction to her host nation counterparts in cleanings, fillings, hygiene and patient care. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_Kir5 Royal Australian Navy Medical Officer Lieutenant Ian Traise pauses for a minute with some locals and His Excellency Mr Brett Aldam Australian High Commissioner to Kiribati during another busy day at the expeditionary medical clinic in Kiribati during humanitarian civic assistance mission PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_LCH11 Deputy Commander Captain Shaub and Mission Commander Captain Cully from US Navy’s PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009 walk alongside Landing Craft Heavy Captains Lieutenant Cam Hooper and Lieutenant Commander Damien Munchenberg to a thank you ceremony for the Landing Craft Crews in the Solomon Islands. HMA Ships BETANO and WEWAK participated in the Tonga and Solomon Islands legs of the US sponsored humanitarian civic assistance mission in August 2009 providing vital ship to shore support and traveling on expeditionary medical projects to remote locations. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_LCH14 The crews of Royal Australian Navy Landing Craft Heavy HMAS BETANO and HMAS WEWAK receive a formal thank you from PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009 Mission Commander Captain Andrew Cully, US Navy in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The crews were proud to serve on the worthy humanitarian civic assistance mission. The US Navy were hounored to work with the Australian Navy and grateful for the vital support the provided to the mission. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_LCH15 Commanding Officer of Landing Craft Heavy HMAS BETANO, Lieutenant William Hooper RAN, receives a "Thankyou" frame from PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP Mission Commander Captain Andrew Cully on behalf of his crew at a farewell ceremony for HMA Ships BETANO and WEWAK in Honiara, Solomon Islands. BETANO and WEWAK worked closely with the US Navy on the humanitarian civic assistance mission providing vital ship to shore support for USNS RICHRD.E.BYRD and undertaking expeditionary medical programs. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_LCH17 The crews of Royal Australian Navy Landing Craft Heavy HMAS BETANO and HMAS WEWAK receive a formal thank you from PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009 Mission Commander Captain Andrew Cully, US Navy in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The crews were proud to serve on the worthy humanitarian civic assistance mission. The US Navy were hounored to work with the Australian Navy and grateful for the vital support the provided to the mission. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_PC1 Royal Australian Navy Seaman Officer Lieutenant Commander Scott Dixon makes some new friends in Kiribati during PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009. Lieutenant Commander Dixon is leader of one of the Advance Teams for Tonga and Kiribati, representing the US Navy Mission Commander in preparing and organizing mission requirements in advance of the arrival of the mission’s enabling platform USNS RICHARD.E.BYRD. Lieutenant Commander Dixon is an exchange Officer with US Navy working at Amphibious Squadron ONE and living in San Diego with his young family. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res
20090903adf_Rago_PC11 Royal Australian Navy Seaman Officer Lieutenant Commander Scott Dixon makes some new friends in Kiribati during PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009. Lieutenant Commander Dixon is leader of one of the Advance Teams for Tonga and Kiribati, representing the US Navy Mission Commander in preparing and organizing mission requirements in advance of the arrival of the mission’s enabling platform USNS RICHARD.E.BYRD. Lieutenant Commander Dixon is an exchange Officer with US Navy working at Amphibious Squadron ONE and living in San Diego with his young family. (Date taken: 03 September 2009) low res \| high res

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