Pacific Partnership 2012 website can be found here

Pacific Partnership 2011 is an annual Humanitarian Civic Assistance (HCA) program sponsored by the Commander US Pacific Fleet. The deployment aims to strengthen alliances and promote multilateral security cooperation.

The Pacific Partnership campaign evolved from the unprecedented international disaster response for countries devastated during the 2004 Asian tsunami. Follow-up missions recognised the benefits derived from cooperation between national governments, militaries, international organisations, and non-governmental organisations during disaster relief operations, as well as in civic assistance projects.  In an effort to capitalise on the experiences and relationships formed during that tragic disaster, the concept of a recurring mission was established to:

• - Strengthen relationships with host, partner nations, and other partner organisations.
• - Build partner capacity to conduct peace, stability, and consequence management operations
• - Improve US and Partner Humanitarian Assistance/ Disaster Relief capacity
• - Improve security cooperation among partner nations.

Now in its seventh year, partner nations continue their mission to improve the lives of people in the Pacific region, as well as improve the capacities of nations and organisations to respond to disasters through recurring opportunities for cooperation and training. 

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has contributed to Pacific Partnership since 2006 and is enthusiastically rejoining the multi-national and multi-skilled Pacific Partnership team for 2011. More...