180703-N-NH199-0008 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 3, 2018) Lt. Cmdr. Kyle Gabois, assigned to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) leads a shipboard surgical subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) with Navy personnel and partner nations in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), July 3. Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and 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 wile fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships between 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 Seaman Harley K. Sarmiento)
Date Taken: | 07.03.2018 |
Date Posted: | 07.04.2018 16:23 |
Photo ID: | 4534702 |
VIRIN: | 180703-N-NH199-0008 |
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Location: | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII, NEW JERSEY, US |
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