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180724-N-SP229-0681 SAN DIEGO BAY (Jul. 12, 2018) MH-53E Sea Dragon from Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron Fourteen (HM-14) USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) hovers in San Diego Bay to recover training sea mines during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 24. 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 Naval Air Crewman Helicopter 3rd Class Hower/Released)
| Date Taken: | 07.24.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 07.25.2018 22:44 |
| Photo ID: | 4581733 |
| VIRIN: | 180724-N-SP229-0681 |
| Resolution: | 2003x2671 |
| Size: | 835.49 KB |
| Location: | SAN DIEGO BAY, CA, US |
| Web Views: | 101 |
| Downloads: | 23 |
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