Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Mark Schultz | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 07.17.2018
180717-O-N0842-9001 PEARL HARBOR (July 17, 2018) Military Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS Sioux (T-ATF 171) tows decommissioned frigate USS McClusky (FFG 41) out of Pearl Harbor to waters 55 miles north of Kauai, Hawaii. McClusky is the target of a sinking exercise (SINKEX) where ships and aircraft will fire missiles at it until the ship sinks. The SINKEX is part of the Rim of the......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Lee | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 07.12.2018
180712-N-LY160-0009 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 12, 2018) Machinist’s Mate (Weapons) 3rd Class Chris O’Brien, assigned to the fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717), operates a control valve to load a Mark 48 Advanced Capabilities (ADCAP) torpedo in Olympia'a torpedo room during a sinking exercise in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 12. Multiple air, land, and sea assets......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Lee | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 07.12.2018
180712-N-LY160-0001 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 12, 2018) Machinist’s Mate (Weapons) 3rd Class Raul E. Bonilla, assigned to the fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717), prepares to load a Mark 48 Advanced Capability (ADCAP) torpedo in Olympia's torpedo room for a sinking exercise (SINKEX) during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 12. Multiple air, land, and sea assets sunk......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Lee | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 07.12.2018
180712-N-LY160-0046 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 12, 2018) Chief Machinist’s Mate (Weapons) Christopher Dunsworth, assigned to the fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717), verifies the rolling height for a Mark 48 Advanced Capabilities (ADCAP) torpedo tube load in Olympia's torpedo room for a sinking exercise during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 12. Multiple air, land, and sea......
Photo by Capt. Rachael Jeffcoat | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 04.04.2017
170712-A-FJ530-1891 PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY BARKING SANDS, Hawaii (July 12, 2018) Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) fire a surface-to-ship missile from Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, July 12, toward decommissioned ex-USS Racine (LST-1191), positioned at sea, during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. This marks the first time the U.S. Army and......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Noble | Navy Public Affairs Support Element West | 07.14.2016
160714-N-OL837-017 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 14, 2016) Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) fire an RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile during an international sinking exercise, or SINKEX, for Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and......
Photo by Seaman Apprentice Leonard Adams | U.S. Navy | 10.27.2010
Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher recover 5-inch Mark 45/54-caliber lightweight gun casings after a sinking exercise. Mitscher and other ships assigned to the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group fired live ammunition at the ex-Saturn....
Photo by Seaman Apprentice Leonard Adams | U.S. Navy | 10.27.2010
Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher observe a Harpoon anti-ship missile as it launches from the ship's weather deck. Mitscher and other ships assigned to the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group fired live ammunition at the ex-USNS Saturn....
