SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (March 15, 2019) Equipment Operator 2nd Class Thomas Dahlke, the supervisor under-instruction from Yokosuka, Japan, speaks to Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Vernon Goodwin, from Eagle Point, Oregon, and Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Luke Jackson, from Andover, Minnesota assigned to Underwater Construction Team 2 (UCT-2), conducting a scuba dive off the coast of San Clemente Island, California as part of Exercise Pacific Blitz 2019 (PacBlitz19). UCT-2 provides waterfront and underwater engineering, construction, repair, and inspection in support of Navy and Marine Cor


SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (March 15, 2019) Equipment Operator 2nd Class Thomas Dahlke, the supervisor under-instruction from Yokosuka, Japan, speaks to Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Vernon Goodwin, from Eagle Point, Oregon, and Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Luke Jackson, from Andover, Minnesota assigned to Underwater Construction Team 2 (UCT-2), conducting a scuba dive off the coast of San Clemente Island, California as part of Exercise Pacific Blitz 2019 (PacBlitz19). UCT-2 provides waterfront and underwater engineering, construction, repair, and inspection in support of Navy and Marine Corps operations and are capable of performing complex inshore and deep ocean underwater construction tasks. PacBlitz19 provides relevant training that replicates a realistic maritime threat environment designed to improve naval amphibious core competencies necessary for effective, global crisis response expected of the Navy and Marine Corps.


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