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Hicksville Native Supports Pacific Partnership

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Lt. Bernadette Vingerhoets, from Hicksville, left, and Lt. j.g. Charles Pitchford, from Norfolk, VA, dance and serve food during a Fourth of July celebration aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) while underway for Pacific Partnership 2022.

Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brandie Nuzzi)