Lt. Cmdr. David Foster, assigned to Naval Hospital Yokosuka and embarked aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19)

KOROR, Republic of Palau (Jul. 30, 2010) Lt. Cmdr. David Foster, assigned to Naval Hospital Yokosuka and embarked aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), examines a Palauan child's tonsils as his grandmother looks on at Ngarachemayong Community Center on the island of Koror, Palau. Blue Ridge is in the Republic of Palau conducting Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors aimed at strengthening regional relationships with host and partner nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Melvin F. Orr III) File# 100730-N-1675O-094