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Pacific Partnership Team Arrives in Tonga By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class R. David Valdez, Pacific Partnership 2010 Public Affairs. Vava'u, TONGA - The Pacific Partnership team pulled into port off the coast of Vava'u April 13, to begin the first phase of the 2011 mission with representatives from Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, and the United States. The majority of the team arrived aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland (LPD 7), which is housing the command staff, the crew, representatives from non-government organizations (NGOs), Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, and Airmen from each of the partner nations participating in Pacific Partnership 2011. “The entire Pacific Partnership team is very excited to get our mission started,” said Capt. Jesse A. Wilson, Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 23 and mission commander of Pacific Partnership 2011. “The servicemen and women and all of the volunteers from the NGOs are finally able to execute this mission after months of planning. All of us are eager to meet and work side by side with our friends in Tonga.” |
