![U.S. Ambassador William Todd, center, presents donated goods to Cambodian Children's Fund Executive Director Scott Neeson during a donation ceremony at the Cambodian Children's Fund center in Phnom Penh Aug. 6 during Pacific Partnership 2012. Four and a half pallets of toys, blankets and hygiene kits were donated to help local children through the organization. Now in its seventh year, Pacific Partnership is an annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance mission U.S. military, host and partner nations, non-governmental organizations and international agencies designed to build stronger relationships and disaster response capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region. [U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael Feddersen/ Used by Permission]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121018080205im_/http://blogs.state.gov/images/Dipnote/behind_the_scenes/2012_0818_pp12_cambodia_m.jpg)
About the Author: Tom Weinz serves as the dedicated Foreign Service Officer for Pacific Partnership 2012.
Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12), the seventh annual iteration of the humanitarian exercise begun by the U.S. Navy following the tragic 2004 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Banda Aceh on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra, ended officially when the USNS Mercy departed Sihanoukville, Cambodia on August 11.
The mission to Cambodia was a marvelous example of all of the external personnel on Mercy coordinating seamlessly with our U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh personnel to provide an impressively geographically diverse mission. There is an excellent piece by two PP12 female helicopter pilots, as well as a video clip summarizing efforts in Cambodia, on the PP12 blog site.
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