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A U.S. Navy
MH-53 mine countermeasures
helicopter is washed down prior to lift off from the USS Duluth
(LPD 6).
PHOTO BY PH3(AW) MICHAEL J. PUSNIK, JR., USN
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The Chilean
Navy’ s RIMPAC participant, the missile frigate CNS Amirante
Lynch (PF 07).
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHILEAN NAVY
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Peruvian Navy
Capt. Luis Chumbiauca, Commanding Officer of the frigate BAP Montero
(FM 53) (with his interpreter on his right), discusses the exercise
with U.S. Navy Rear Adm. John R. Hines, Jr., Commander of the
RIMPAC Task Force, and Rear Adm. Mark J. Edwards, Commander of
Cruiser Destroyer Group Five.
PHOTO BY PH1(AW) WILLIAM R. GOODWIN, USN
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Japanese and
U.S. naval P-3c Orion aircraft fly over some of the RIMPAC exercise
warships off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii.
PHOTO BY PH1(NAC) JAMES MCCARTER, USN
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The
Royal Australian Navy’s year-old submarine MHAS Sheean
(SSG 77) cuts through Pacific waters for exercise RIMPAC 2002.
PHOTO BY AOC (SEL) RACHEL DURST, USN |
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A U.S. Navy
Landing Craft Air Cushion from the USS Tarawa (LHA 1) transports
U.S. Marines and their equipment for an over-the-beach landing
during RIMPAC 2002.
PHOTO BY PH1 TED BANKS, USN
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Biennial RIMPAC
exercises hone the skills of all participants. Here, U.K. divers
from the Royal Navy prepare underwater demolitions during RIMPAC
2002.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ROYAL NAVY
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U.S. Marines
fire a 155-mm howitzer at the Pohakuloa Training Area during RIMPAC
2002.
PHOTO BY PH1 TED BANKS, USN
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The Canadian
Navy patrol vessel HMCS Edmonton (MM 703) awaits the return
of a Zodiac craft after RIMPAC wreckage dive.
PHOTO BY PH3(AW) MICHAEL J. PUSNIK, JR., USN
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Canadian
Air Force crewmembers operate the multi-role CP-140 Aurora long-range
patrol aircraft during RIMPAC antisubmarine warfare maneuvers.
PHOTO COURTESY
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The Republic
of Korea Navy submarine ROKS Nadaeyung (SS 069) surfaces
after launching an UGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile at the decommissioned
target ship, the ex-USS White Plains (AFS 4), during
a RIMPAC SINKEX.
PHOTO BY PH3(AW) MICHAEL J. PUSNIK, JR., USN
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A U.S. Navy
SH-60B Seahawk fires an AGM-114 Hellfire laser-guided missile at
the ex-USS Harold E. Holt, a decommissioned SINKEX
target ship during RIMPAC 2002.
OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY NICK GALANTE
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A decommissioned
U.S. Navy frigate, the ex-USS Harold E. Holt, is hit by Hellfire,
SM-1 and Sea Sparrow missiles during the SINKEX live-fire portion
of RIMPAC 2002.
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A U.S. Navy
Tactical Air Officer aboard the USS Duluth (LPD 6), Lt. Mike
R. Ruther, searches the air with radar during RIMPAC maritime and
air maneuvers.
PHOTOS (L& R) BY PH3(AW) MICHAEL J. PUSNIK, JR., USN
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A decommissioned
U.S. Navy frigate,
the ex-USS Rathburne is sunk by the torpedoes,
missiles, rockets and guns of RIMPAC participants during the live-fire
SINKEX.
PHOTO BY PH1 TED BANKS, USN
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