Keywords: EODMU1, RIMPAC 2014 140713-N-DI719-124.jpg en Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One EODMU 1 prepare to practice piggybacking for long transits with a combat rubber raiding craft on a rigid-hulled inflatable boat EODMU1 is conducting exercises from the well deck of USS Anchorage LPD 23 during Rim of the Pacific RIMPAC Exercise 2014 Twenty-two nations 49 ships and six submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC 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 U S Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Elena Pence/Released 2014-07-13 Chief Petty Officer Elena Pence https //www dvidshub net/image/1449539 140713-N-DI719-124 2014-07-16 01 06 PACIFIC OCEAN AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Anchorage LPD-23 USS Anchorage LPD-23 RIMPAC 2014 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |