Marine 1st Lt. Kevin P. Corbeth (left), Alpha Company executive officer, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Manlius, , and 2nd Lt. Andrew Bedford, platoon commander, 1st Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, and native of Tauranga, New Zealand, discuss each other's radios during a pre-assault landing force drill aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) for Rim of the Pacific 2012, July 13. Approximately 2,200 personnel from nine nations are participating in RIMPAC as part of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 3, Combined Force Land Component Command. The CFLCC is condu
Marine 1st Lt. Kevin P. Corbeth (left), Alpha Company executive officer, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Manlius, , and 2nd Lt. Andrew Bedford, platoon commander, 1st Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, and native of Tauranga, New Zealand, discuss each other's radios during a pre-assault landing force drill aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) for Rim of the Pacific 2012, July 13. Approximately 2,200 personnel from nine nations are participating in RIMPAC as part of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 3, Combined Force Land Component Command. The CFLCC is conducting amphibious and land-based operations in order to enhance multinational and joint interoperability. More than 40 ships and submarines, 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel from 22 nations are participating in the biennial RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. New Zealand soldiers, US, Korean Marines drill for landing assault 120713-M-JR941-005
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