Exercise Cartwheel 2019 reef and coastal revitalization project

NADI, FIJI

08.13.2019

Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Whitney Houston 

U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Michael Fink, who serves as a platoon leader with the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, Inf. Brig. Combat Team, 25th Inf. Division, and a Fijian Soldier serving with the 3rd Battalion, Fiji Inf. Regt., transplant a piece of healthy coral by fixing it to a steel grate with cable fasteners, during a coastal and reef revitalization project for Exercise Cartwheel 2019, near Nadi, Fiji, Aug. 13. Part of both the Republic of Fiji Military Forces and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's defense strategy is to addresses climate change. Opportunities, such as Exercise Cartwheel, provide a platform to deepen understanding and preparedness, which strenthens and enhances key relationships with partner nations for a free and open Indo-Pacific.

• Date Taken: 08.13.2019
• Date Posted: 08.18.2019 19:24
• Photo ID: 5677853
• VIRIN: 190813-Z-MA638-0010
• Resolution: 3734x2801
• Size: 7.04 MB
• Location: NADI, FJ