Boatswains mate maintains equipment aboard Millinocket [Image 3 of 3]

USNS MILLINOCKET, PACIFIC OCEAN

08.03.2015

Photo by Sgt. James Gulliver 

Navy Public Affairs Support Element West

150803-M-GO800-034 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 3, 2015) – Civilian Mariner Shannon Alves inspects the chains holding up the lifeboat aboard the Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) Aug. 3. Alves is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of all the equipment aboard the Millinocket. Task Force Forager, embarked aboard the Millinocket is serving as the secondary platform for Pacific Partnership, led by an expeditionary command element from the Navy’s 30th Naval Construction Regiment (30 NCR) from Port Hueneme, Calif. Now in its 10th iteration, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership, missions have provided medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary service to more than 38,000 animals. Additionally, Pacific Partnership has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through the completion of more than 180 engineering products. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by combat correspondent Sgt. James Gulliver/Released)

• Date Taken: 08.03.2015
• Date Posted: 08.02.2015 23:56
• Photo ID: 2101339
• VIRIN: 150803-M-GO800-034
• Resolution: 3264x2448
• Size: 1001.63 KB
• Location: USNS MILLINOCKET, PACIFIC OCEAN