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Ex-USNS Concord (T-AFS-5) is used as a target vessel for Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Victoria (SSK 876) during a sink exercise at the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, July 17 2012. 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. Photo courtesy of Canadian Navy

SINKEX Live-fire Exercises Deliver Realistic Training

Conducting live-fire exercises using live ordnance and actual ships enhances realism and the effectiveness of training. Three decommissioned U.S. Navy ships were used as targets and sunk during the RIMPAC …

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31st MEU, Philippine Marines Execute a Live-Fire Helicopter Raid

Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Philippine Marines of the 3rd Marine Battalion, 33rd Marine Company, are inserted by …

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Harbor Protection Table-top Exercise (HPT2E) participants during the gaming exercise. HPT2E focused on protecting military forces, cargo, and critical infrastructure, such as ports and harbors, in high alert situations. NATO photo

Force Protection and Port Security Game is Serious Business Simulation allows dynamic engagement with potential threats

Anti-terrorism and force protection measures are no game. But gaming technology is helping NATO navies and coast guards better prepared for potential threats.

The NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) hosted …

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