Operation Evacuation [Image 12 of 12]

CAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES

07.28.2016

Photo by Cpl. Skyler Treverrow 

15th Marine Expeditionary Unit

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California (July 28, 2016) – U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 15 escort role players to an evacuation point while participating in a noncombatant evacuation operation scenario during the Southern California portion of Rim of the Pacific 2016 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, July 28, 2016. NEOs are conducted to assist the Department of State and similar agencies for foreign countries in evacuating noncombatants, nonessential military personnel, selected host-nation citizens, and third country nationals whose lives are in danger from locations in a host foreign nation to an appropriate safe haven. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, 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 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl Skyler E. Treverrow/ Released)

• Date Taken: 07.28.2016
• Date Posted: 07.29.2016 20:35
• Photo ID: 2756529
• VIRIN: 160728-M-FJ247-035
• Resolution: 5760x3840
• Size: 11.97 MB
• Location: CAMP PENDLETON, CA, US