Coast Guard Cutter Stratton participates in HA/DR event

Army Staff. Sgt. Jonathan Williams, nutrition care specialist assigned to Tripler Army Medical Center, applies a fake wound to Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Corey Manoogian, an intelligence specialist temporarily assigned aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, during a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief event for Rim of the Pacific exercise 2016, Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Twenty-six nations, 49 ships, six submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,00 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 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 between participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart