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Canadian Clearance Divers Participate in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Scenario During the RIMPAC 2018 Exercise.
Leading Seaman Murray Rankin (right), a Canadian clearance diver, assists Leading Seaman Chad Downey (left) put on an EOD 9 bomb suit as part of an improvised explosive device (IED) countermeasure scenario during the RIMPAC 2018 exercise.
Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
Photo By: Corporal Trevor Matheson, RIMPAC 2018
@DND-MDN Canada Copyright
Canadian Clearance Divers Participate in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Scenario During the RIMPAC 2018 Exercise.
Leading Seaman Murray Rankin (right), a Canadian clearance diver, assists Leading Seaman Chad Downey (left) put on an EOD 9 bomb suit as part of an improvised explosive device (IED) countermeasure scenario during the RIMPAC 2018 exercise.
Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
Photo By: Corporal Trevor Matheson, RIMPAC 2018
@DND-MDN Canada Copyright