Navy Sailors, assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1, attach a crane link to the USNS Pililaau’s (T-AKR 304) crane off the coast of Dogu Beach, Republic of Korea, during Operation Pacific Reach Exercise 2017 (OPRex17) April 13, 2017. OPRex17 is a bilateral training event designed to ensure readiness and sustain the alliance by exercising an area distribution center, an air terminal supply point, combined joint logistics over-the-shore, the use of rail, inland waterways, and the coastal lift operations to validate the operational reach concept.

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