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Singapore hosted the first WESTERN PACIFIC MINE COUNTERMEASURE
Exercise (MCMEX 2001). In port are two Singapore Navy patrol boats,
the RSS Brave (95) and RSS Daring (98). Two U.S. Navy Avenger-class
mine countermeasures ships are berthed behind them: the USS Patriot
(MCM-7) and USS Guardian (MCM-5).
PHOTO BY PH2 ERIN A. ZOCCO, USN
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A U.S. Navy Explosive
Ordnance Disposal (EOD) specialist demonstrates EOD equipment used
to find and neutralize mines.
PHOTO BY PH2 ERIN A. ZOCCO, USN
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A Singapore Air Force Super Puma helicopter (below) and an Indonesian
Navy NB-105 reconnaissance helicopter (left) conduct deck landing
qualifications aboard the USS Inchon (MCS-12) during MCMEX 2001.
PHOTOS BY PH2 AARON L. LANE, USN
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MCMEX successfully
brought together the collective expertise of 14 regional navies.
Indonesian Navy 2nd Lt. Didik Setiyawan is interviewed by the press
during the first multinational mine countermeasure exercise ever
held in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Rear Adm. Masami Kawamura, Commander, Mine Warfare Force, Japan
Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), is accompanied by two JMSDF
officers en route to the USS Inchon (MCS-12) on a U.S. Navy MH-53E
helicopter.
PHOTO BY PH2 ERIN A. ZOCCO, USN
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A U.S. Navy MH-53E
helicopter demonstrates U.S. mine sweeping to MCMEX participants
and observers aboard the USS Inchon (MCS-12).
PHOTO BY PH2 ERIN A. ZOCCO, USN
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Naval officers from 13 foreign countries aboard the USS Inchon
(MCS-12) observe a demonstration of U.S. Navy minesweeping techniques
by an MH-53E helicopter. Participants were from: Australia, China,
France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Papua
New Guinea, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
PHOTO BY PH2 ERIN A. ZOCCO, USN
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Lt.
Saposhi Shibuya of the JMSDF discusses aviation mine sweeping
techniques with U.S. Navy Lt. Kaz Olmeda while aboard the USS Inchon
(MCS-12).
PHOTO BY PH2 ERIN A. ZOCCO, USN
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Republic of Singapore Navy Col. Kevin Santa-Maria, Commander
of Coastal Command, answers reporters’ questions at the MCMEX
opening ceremony.
PHOTO BY LT. J. G. JOHN PERKINS, USN
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