180711-G-ZV557-1162 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 11, 2018) Petty Officer 1st Class Nicklas Gerzi is prepped for medevac by the crew of the USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750) and Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team-West July 11, 2018, while crewmembers from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer helicopter ship JS Ise (DDH 182) observe, 15 miles southwest of Oahu, Hawaii, in support of RIMPAC 2018. Twenty-five nations, more than 46 ships and five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Island and Southern
180711-G-ZV557-1162 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 11, 2018) Petty Officer 1st Class Nicklas Gerzi is prepped for medevac by the crew of the USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750) and Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team-West July 11, 2018, while crewmembers from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer helicopter ship JS Ise (DDH 182) observe, 15 miles southwest of Oahu, Hawaii, in support of RIMPAC 2018. Twenty-five nations, more than 46 ships and five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Island and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. ( Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert/Released)
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