HMAS Adelaide hosts social during RIMPAC 2018 [Image 8 of 13]

PACIFIC OCEAN

07.25.2018

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelsey Eades    

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

180725-N-VR594-2030 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 25, 2018) Australian Army Corporal Oliver Brandon, from Mackay, Australia, demonstrates how to use a MAG-58 machine gun to U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas Hawkins, from Natchez, Mississippi, and U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Stephen Crookston, from Doylestown, Ohio, during a social held aboard the landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Adelaide (L01) during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 25. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, and 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 Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.25.2018
• Date Posted: 08.02.2018 00:50
• Photo ID: 4596196
• VIRIN: 180725-N-VR594-2030
• Resolution: 5568x3712
• Size: 1.28 MB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN
• Hometown: MACKAY, QLD, AU
• Hometown: DOYLESTOWN, OH, US
• Hometown: NATCHEZ, MS, US