BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, Hawaii (July 16, 2018) Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Alan Sinner, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3, gathers his parachute after a freefall jump from a MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows (MCTAB) during exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), July 16. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five 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,
BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, Hawaii (July 16, 2018) Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Alan Sinner, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3, gathers his parachute after a freefall jump from a MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows (MCTAB) during exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), July 16. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five 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 while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among 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. (Royal Australian Navy
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