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180723-N-SP229-1408 SAN DIEGO BAY, California (July 8, 2018) Royal Australian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy technicians, Leading Seaman Sabol (left) and Leading Hand Bates, prepare to deploy an Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) for a nighttime mine hunting mission in Southern California during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 23. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, 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 while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among 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 AHSO Jasmine Hope/Released)
| Date Taken: | 07.23.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 07.25.2018 22:10 |
| Photo ID: | 4581633 |
| VIRIN: | 180723-N-SP229-1408 |
| Resolution: | 800x600 |
| Size: | 148.79 KB |
| Location: | SAN DIEGO BAY, CA, US |
| Web Views: | 110 |
| Downloads: | 18 |
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Royal New Zealand Navy leads undersea mine countermeasures effort in a RIMPAC first
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