Classroom Scenes Around The World

Images of diverse classrooms featuring children learning in various environments, showcasing cultural elements and classroom dynamics.

Fiji, Southern Lau Group, Island of Fulanga. Village of Fulanga primary school. Young schoolgirls in the doorway of island boarding school.

VATURANGNA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Wendy Smith reads to students during a community outreach event at Francis Primary School during 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Sekretariat Bebek Lingsir, Indonesia, September 4 2014: Balinese school children attending class in Bali, Indonesia, Asia

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) medical professionals visit local children at Naha SDA Primary School during PP22. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) medical professionals visit local children at Naha SDA Primary School during PP22. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Teacher and school children in classroom, Havana, Cuba

INDONESIA, ALOR ISLAND, LOCAL SCHOOL, SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CLASS

Fiji, Southern Lau Group, Island of Fulanga. Village of Fulanga primary school. Young schoolgirls in the doorway of island boarding school.

School class, Trinidad, Cuba, Central America

110809-N-WW409-231PATTAYA, Thailand (Aug. 9, 2011) Yeoman Seaman Cedric Evans, assigned to Commander Task Force 70, plays with students at the Wat Hua Yai School during a community service event in Pattaya, Thailand.

Official rural mixed school, La Taña, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

Children from a school in Baucau, Timor-Leste, wait in line to receive school supplies and candy during a school supply donation purchased by the participants of Pacific Angel 22-4 on Sept. 16, 2022. The operation, scheduled Sept. 12-17, focuses on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges.

Children from a school in Baucau, Timor-Leste, wait in line to receive school supplies and candy during a school supply donation purchased by the participants of Pacific Angel 22-4 on Sept. 16, 2022. The operation, scheduled Sept. 12-17, focuses on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges.

Primary school in Philippines to Puerto Galera-Mindoro.

escuela oficial rural mixta, la Taña, Quiche, República de Guatemala, América Central.

School of Santiago Atitlan, Lago de Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America

Students of the "My Chota pre School dress up as Hindu deity "Krishna", on the eve of the Krishna Janmashtami Festival at Agartala. Tripura. India.

Portrait Of Child In Preschool/ Kindergarten In Getsemani Area Of Cartagena, Colombia

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 14 January 2019: View of a teacher in a dimly lit classroom surrounded by young students at desks, with faded artwork adorning the walls.

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 14 January 2019: View of children engrossed in learning inside a classroom with a teacher, under the watchful eyes of a wall mural.

Photo of kindergarten Iboih of Pulau Weh Sumatra

ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, BELLAVISTA SCHOOL, SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CLASSROOM, TEACHER

School of countryside north of Phnom Penh Cambodia

Project HOPE volunteer Kathryn Allen, embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), makes clay sculptures with children during a community service event at the Rumah Sejahtera Bagi Anak Orphanage, in support of Pacific Partnership 2010 in Tobelo, Indonesia, on July 14, 2010. Pacific Partnership 2010 is the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise to strengthen regional partnerships.

Group Of Students In School In Las Terrazas In Sierra Del Rosario, Cuba, With Mural Of Fidel Castro.

Santiago Atitlan, Solola, Guatemala. Teachers and young students in a Guatemalan school.

ECUADOR, AMAZON BASIN, NEAR COCA, RIO NAPO, LOCAL SCHOOL, TEACHER & SCHOOL CHILDREN

Official rural mixed school, La Taña, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

030517-M-4547R-040. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2003 Base: Camp Red Horse, Utapao Country: Thailand (THA)

School education in the artisan village of Pinge. Marga-Tabanani region. Island of Bali. Indonesia

VATURANGNA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - Lt. Pauline Gachalian, from Kaneohe, Hawaii, front, teaches proper handwashing techniques to local children at Francis Primary School during 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

PUNTA GORDA, Belize (June 9, 2014) Chief Builder John SwartzJr. discusses and shares ideas with Bethel SDA School Principle RoseOdinga and students about renovation projects for her school during Southern Partnership Station 2014. Southern Partnership Station is a U.S. Navy deployment focused on subject matter expert exchanges with partner nation militaries and security forces.

Training course for traditional midwives from the Reyna area, La Taña, Reina area, Uspantán, Quiche, Guatemala.

Elementary students in a classroom at the public school of the Aungmyazoo Monastary in Sagaing, a town outside of Mandalay, Myanmar.

Myanmar, Mandalay, Buddhist monk teaching children, Mahagandhayon Monastic Institution, Amarapura.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), tours a local school in Djibouti, June 6, 2022. Service members serving at Camp Lemonnier volunteer often, conducting knowledge exchanges and playing basketball, soccer, and other activities with the children.

VATURANGNA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) medical professionals and Morara Primary School students pose for a photo during 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

VATURANGNA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) medical professionals and Morara Primary School students pose for a photo during 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

110519-F-NJ219-499MANTA, Ecuador (May 19, 2011) Engineman Fireman Kourtney Reese, from Pensacola, Fla., watches the Ecuadorian Police Department's K-9 unit perform during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service event at Angelica Flores Zambrano school. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Namibia, Swakopmund, Township, Drc School Project & Community Centre, Children

Cuba school in Las Terrazas in Sierra del Rosario in the mountains with children students in uniform with mural of Cuban leaders

120529-N-KS651-039CEBU, Philippines (May 29, 2012) Seaman Christine Curtis plays with children as she paints during a community service event at Cajulao Elementary School with other Sailors from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU). Pearl Harbor and embarked Marines attached to the 11th MEU are deployed in the U.S. 7th fleet area of responsibility as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group.

Lunch For Children In Preschool/ Kindergarten In Getsemani Area Of Cartagena, Colombia

Religious Programs Specialist 1st Class Jennifer Snow, currently embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), colors with several girls during a community service event at the Rumah Sejahtera Bagi Anak Orphanage, in support of Pacific Partnership 2010 in Tobelo, Indonesia, on July 14, 2010. Pacific Partnership 2010 is the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise to strengthen regional partnerships.

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Reese Overturf, currently embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), colors with two children during a community service event at the Rumah Sejahtera Bagi Anak Orphanage, in support of Pacific Partnership 2010 in Tobelo, Indonesia, on July 14, 2010. Pacific Partnership 2010 is the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise to strengthen regional partnerships.

A member of the 169th Civil Engineering Squadron, McEntire Air National Guard Station, gives young children in a makeshift school frozen popsicles. The 169th is deployed for their two-week annual training to provide humanitarian aid by constructing a new school and making other much needed improvements. Base: Pueblo Nuevo Country: Costa Rica (CRI)

120628-N-GL340-052SAMAR, PHILIPPINES (June 28, 2012) Ensign Alex Tonsberg weighs a Filipino child at a medical civic action project held at the Carayman Elementary School during Pacific Partnership 2012. The medical civic action projects are designed to provide medical, dental and optometry care to local residents. Now in its seventh year, Pacific Partnership is an annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance mission designed to work by, with and through host and partner nations, non-government organizations and international agencies to build partnerships and a collective ability to respond to natural disasters.

cuba, havana, lunch time in the school

Volunteers assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, visited students at Josho Hoikuen pre-school for a holiday-themed community relations event in Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 25, 2022. Volunteers taught children about Halloween and how children across America celebrate the holiday. The air station has continuously conducted community relations events, such as these, to reinforce the relationship between MCAS Iwakuni members and the local Japanese community.

First Lady Michelle Obama and First Lady Bun Rany of Cambodia greet students during a Room to Read event in support of the Let Girls Learn initiative, at Hun Sen Prasat Bakong High School in Siem Reap, Cambodia, March 21, 2015.

Alok Ulfat teaching drawing painting coloring to students Of Nanhi Dunya school Dehradun Uttaranchal India Copyright: xVivekxManek/DinodiaxPhotox

Philippines, Leyte, Ormoc, Albuera, Art in All of Us activities at the school in collaboration with the Red Pencil and the Red Cross

escuela oficial rural mixta, la Taña, Quiche, República de Guatemala, América Central.

School children eating in a school in Ban Bao, Koh Chang Island, Thailand, Asia

School children in the village of Puerto Rico along the Ucayali River in the Peruvian Amazon River basin near Iquitos.

Yeoman 3rd Class Adrina Vasquez, currently embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), colors on coloring books with several girls at the Rumah Sejahtera Bagi Anak Orphanage, during a community service event in support of Pacific Partnership 2010 in Tobelo, Indonesia, on July 14, 2010. Pacific Partnership 2010 is the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise to strengthen regional partnerships.

Children attend a Thai elementary school on the island of Ko Samui, Thailand.

PADANG, Indonesia (Aug. 23, 2016) Cam Tran (left), pediatrician, from San Francisco, a returning Project Hope volunteer, and Lt. Amy Zucharo, from Gainesville, Virginia, attached to USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), participate in a Pacific Partnership 2016 community health promotion and education program at Pasar Laban Elementary School, in Padang, Indonesia. Tran and other Pacific Partnership personnel showed over 200 local children the importance of oral hygiene, hydration and exercise. This is the fifth time Pacific Partnership has visited Indonesia. Partner Nations are working side-by-side with local organizations during disaster response training, civil engineering projects, Women, Peace and Security seminars, medical subject matter expert exchanges and a live field training exercise aimed at improving the capacity of local government, civilian agencies and partner militaries to collectively respond in crisis. (Project Hope

Karate classes, boys in white school uniforms, Galle, Sri Lanka, Ceylon, Asia

VATURANGNA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Wendy Smith and students pose for a photo during a community outreach event at Francis Primary School during 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

VATURANGNA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Wendy Smith and students pose for a photo during a community outreach event at Francis Primary School during 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Teaching animation Democratic Republic of Congo

HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS (Aug. 26, 2022) - Members of Pacific Partnership 2022 enjoy time with students at St. Nicholas Anglican Early Childhood Center and Primary School, Aug. 26, 2022. The PP22 team is currently in Honiara, Solomon Islands for Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22). Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendship and cooperation among many nations. This years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia. (Photo by Leslie Hull-Ryde)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Javare Simmons, a motor vehicle operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, and an Arkansas native, interacts with local children during Exercise Cobra Gold 2024 (CG24) at the Ban Nong Yai School, Chachoengsao Province, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 14, 2024. The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Royal Thai Navy, U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps worked together to construct a new multipurpose building for the school. Cobra Gold is a multilateral humanitarian exercise that plays a crucial role in strengthening ties with the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and increasing interoperability of partnered nations. Marine Corps

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Scott Harris, anti-terrorism team member, passes out candy to children in Baucau, Timor-Leste, during a school supply donation purchased by the participants of Pacific Angel 22-4 on Sept. 16, 2022. The operation, scheduled Sept. 12-17, focuses on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges.

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Scott Harris, anti-terrorism team member, passes out candy to children in Baucau, Timor-Leste, during a school supply donation purchased by the participants of Pacific Angel 22-4 on Sept. 16, 2022. The operation, scheduled Sept. 12-17, focuses on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges.

VATURANGNA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - Aviation Structural Mechanics 3rd Class Angelico De Asis, from Sunnyvale, California, gives high fives to students during a community outreach event at Francis Primary School during 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia

VATURANGNA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - Aviation Structural Mechanics 3rd Class Angelico De Asis, from Sunnyvale, California, gives high fives to students during a community outreach event at Francis Primary School during 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 12, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Anthony Temm, from Riverside, California, left, checks the vision of local community members during the Barangay Health Fair at Bacungan High School during 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.

South Africa, Cape Town, Township of Nyanga, two students playing violin in front of small kids

Primary school in Baracoa, Cuba, Central America

escuela oficial rural mixta, la Taña, Quiche, República de Guatemala, América Central.

Philippines, Leyte, Ormoc, Albuera, Art in All of Us activities at the school in collaboration with the Red Pencil and the Red Cross children displaying the artwork

Pre Primary Students in a Classroom Pre Primary Students in a Classroom, India Copyright: xZoonar.com/yogeshxmorex 5500592

Group Of Students In School In Las Terrazas In Sierra Del Rosario, Cuba, With Mural Of Fidel Castro.

Central America, Cuba, Santa Clara. Girl playing trumpet at the Santa Clara Musical School of Art. (Large format sizes available)

US women teaching Mexican women how to sew and establish a handicraft business in the Mixtec village of San Juan Contreras near Oaxaca, Mexico.

PALAWAN, Philippines (Feb. 5, 2013) Builder 3rd Class Brandon Shortridge and Builder Constructionman Danny Nguyen, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, reward the winner of a math competition with a lollipop. Shortridge temporarily substitutes as a math teacher for the 4th Grade students of Aplaya Elementary School. The NMCB 5 Construction Civic Activity Detail (CCAD) Philippines is constructing a two-classroom masonry building for the school. Seabees conduct CCAD operations like this one in order to demonstrate U.S. commitment, develop enduring relationships, improve public infrastructure for the delivery of essential services, and strengthen local institutions with host and partner nations around the world.

DALA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) Lt. Elizabeth Jeffers from Brazil, Indiana, teaches proper hand washing techniques to students of Dala Primary School during a visit in support of 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The year’s mission in Solomon Islands includes participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (October 19, 2022) Kenneth Kirk, principal at Rota Elementary School, talks with students during an assembly for Unity Day. Established by Pacers National Bullying Prevention Center, Unity Day encourages students to wear orange to show unity and to stand up to bullying within their schools and community.

VATURANGNA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) medical professionals pose for a photo with local children at Francis Primary School after a hand washing clinic in support of PP22. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

COOPERANTE DANDO UNA CHARLA. Location: INTERIOR. LUANDA. Angola.

Sailors from the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) interact with children at the Rumah Sejahtera Bagi Anak Orphanage, during a community service event in support of Pacific Partnership 2010 in Tobelo, Indonesia, on July 14, 2010. Pacific Partnership 2010 is the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise to strengthen regional partnerships.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - U.S. Navy and local medical and dental professionals, local teachers and children at Naha SDA Primary School pose for a photo during 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

110707-N-QD416-169 PUERTO SAN JOSE, Guatemala (July 7, 2011) Lt. Karen Gorlewski, from Buffalo, N.Y., watches a child color at the Santa Isabel medical site during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

110810-F-NJ219-201CALDERAS, Costa Rica (Aug. 10, 2011) Members of the U.S. Fleet Forces Band perform for students at Escuela Calderas during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Dani and Javanese students in school uniform on their way to school in Wamena, Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Oceania

Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew Jackson talks with a group of children during a community service event at Kalumpang Kota Orphanage and School in Ternate, Indonesia, on July 19, 2010. The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is in the North Maluku Islands conducting Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise aimed at strengthening regional partnerships.

Schoolgirls singing and dancing in Kpalime, Togo

Bushman.(San). Children. Watching videos at school. Schmitdsdrif. Nothern Cape, South Africa.

Volunteer, people and kids in rural community for out reach event, support or social work for child development. Non profit, space or group from below for welfare program, outdoor and rights activist

110308-N-0864H-332KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (March 8, 2011) Information Systems Technician 1st Class Charmaine Bacon, assigned to the staff embarked aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), plays with children during a community service event at Rhuma Juara Boys Home. The home is a nonprofit organization for underprivileged children 3 to 17 years old.

Interior of the school in use. Hackney School of Food, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Surman Weston, 2020.

Public school, Sanuch village, Lancetillo, La Parroquia, Reyna area, Quiche, Guatemala, Central America.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Curtis, a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) crew member, shows a Vila East school boy a self contained breathing apparatus in Port Vila, Vanuatu, Feb. 29, 2024. Harriet Lane crew members visited two schools in Port Vila to strengthen ties with the local community and share cultural knowledge between the two countries. Coast Guard

Tourist showing photos on digital camera to local children, Fujian, China

U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 22, I Marine Expeditionary Force, play games with the local children as they volunteer at Vacation Bible School in Koror, Republic of Palau, July 6, 2022. Marines and Sailors volunteered to work with local children, participated in camp activities, and built an octagon pit for the children to play the ball game gaga during a community led Vacation Bible School. Exercises such as Task Force Koa Moana demonstrate U.S. commitment through routine operations that foster peace and security and develop relations with partners in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Jackson, lead contractor, passes out candy to children in Baucau, Timor-Leste, during a school supply donation purchased by the participants of Pacific Angel 22-4 on Sept. 16, 2022. The operation, scheduled Sept. 12-17, focuses on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 5, 2022) - Lt. Steven Szelmeczki, from Ackerman, Mississippi, recites a story to students during a community outreach event at Honiara Integrated Primary School in support of 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

DILI, Timor Leste (June 20, 2016) A group of students at Aimutin School speak with Engineering Aide 3rd Class Margaret Villegas, a native of Tampa, Florida, before a ribbon cutting marking the completion of the renovation of the school for Pacific Partnership 2016. Timorese Soldiers, U.S. Navy Seabees, U.S. Marines and Australian engineers have been working together to renovate the school's courtyard and facade. This year marks the sixth time the mission visited Timor Leste since its first visit in 2006. Medical, engineering and various other personnel embarked aboard Mercy are working side-by-side with partner nation counterparts, exchanging ideas, building best practices and relationships to ensure preparedness should disaster strike.

U.S. Navy Lt. Grace Chur, the command chaplain of Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, introduces herself to students and guests during Camp Pendletons Vacation Bible School at the Blinder Memorial Chapel on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 1, 2022. VBS is a weeklong camp for children from kindergarten through 5th grade that consists of worship sessions, snack time and multiple activity stations. These activities are intended to help children build character and moral ideas by strengthening their connection to their religion with guidance from the base chaplains.

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