Korean SEALS fast-rope into RIMPAC training village with MARSOC [Image 2 of 8]

MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, HI, UNITED STATES

07.10.2014

Photo by Cpl. Matthew Bragg 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii (July 10, 2014) Republic of Korea SEALS fast-rope into a military operations on urban terrain facility from an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Squadron 4 during a special operations forces (SOF) integration as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. The SOF integration used the combat skills and capabilities of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8133, ROK SEALS and Peru Special Forces to take down and capture a high value target. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships and six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to August 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew J. Bragg/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.10.2014
• Date Posted: 07.13.2014 04:19
• Photo ID: 1443596
• VIRIN: 140710-M-DP650-149
• Resolution: 1680x1120
• Size: 1.91 MB
• Location: MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, HI, US