Vice Adm. Jiang tours USNS Mercy

PACIFIC OCEAN

07.15.2014

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Galvin 

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

Royal Canadian Navy Lt. Alan Ng, center, translates for Cmdr. Robert Durant, left, currently assigned to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), as Vice Adm. Weilie Jiang, commander of the People’s Republic of China, People’s Liberation Army (Navy) South Sea Fleet tours Mercy during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships and six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 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. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin W. Galvin/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.15.2014
• Date Posted: 07.20.2014 15:55
• Photo ID: 1455164
• VIRIN: 140715-N-OL084-169
• Resolution: 4928x3280
• Size: 1.54 MB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN