JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 13, 2016) Regional Health Command-Pacific Emergency Manager and a lead medical planner for the Humanitarian Assistance - Disaster Relief (HA/DR) exercise, Thomas Bookman, briefs U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, on the purpose and goal of the HA/DR exercise, which focused on enhancing disaster preparedness across U.S. and international partner government and private sector agencies. During the exercise, which took place on Ford Island in Hawaii, Kennedy also observed the partnership between Japanese Navy service members and U.S. partners who participated in the simulated mass-casualty event July 13. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in Rim of the Pacific exercise from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. 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. (Photo by: Ana Allen, Regional Health Command-Pacific)
| Date Taken: | 07.13.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 08.02.2016 20:05 |
| Photo ID: | 2763511 |
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RHC-P enhances emergency response during RIMPAC 2016
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