Bold Monarch [Image 10 of 18]

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

05.31.2011

Photo by Ricardo Reyes 

U.S. Navy           

Petty Officer 2nd Class Joel Rivera, right, assigned to Deep Submergence Unit, directs members of the media down the hatch of the Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System during a submarine rescue exercise as part of exercise Bold Monarch 2011. The U.S. submarine rescue vehicle mated with the Russian submarine SSK Alrosa, the first time a Russian submarine mated with a U.S. submarine rescue system. Participants and observers from more than 25 countries are taking part in the 12-day NATO exercise, which is the world's largest submarine rescue exercise.

• Date Taken: 05.31.2011
• Date Posted: 06.08.2011 23:39
• Photo ID: 412840
• VIRIN: 110607-N-EC642-488
• Resolution: 2100x1671
• Size: 838.33 KB
• Location: MEDITERRANEAN SEA