USNS Mercy participates in a SAR and Chemical DECON Drill during RIMPAC 2018 [Image 6 of 8]

PACIFIC OCEAN

07.11.2018

Photo by Seaman Harley Sarmiento 

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

180711-N-NH199-0072 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 11, 2018) Sailors assigned to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), receive a patient from a U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter for transfer to a chemical decontamination room before receiving care during a search and rescue and chemical decontamination exercise in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), July 11. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships and five submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity wile fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships between participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Harley K. Sarmiento)

• Date Taken: 07.11.2018
• Date Posted: 07.12.2018 16:24
• Photo ID: 4550157
• VIRIN: 180711-N-NH199-0072
• Resolution: 4655x2284
• Size: 414.95 KB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN