Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11 transport a dolphin from USS Anchorage (LPD 23) to conduct marine mammal training during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critica


Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11 transport a dolphin from USS Anchorage (LPD 23) to conduct marine mammal training during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. ( Navy photo by Chief Mass Communications Specialist Elena Pence/Released) RIMPAC 2014 Marine Mammal Training 140712-N-DI719-247


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