US Marine Colonel D.H. Young, Commander 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, shovels dirt onto a tree planted in Vladivostok, Russia, to signify the new growth between US and Russian naval forces during Exercise COOPERATION FROM THE SEA '96. US Navy Rear Admiral (lower half) Walter Doran (left), Commander Amphibious Force, Seventh Fleet, also takes part in the ceremony alongside Russian Federation Navy Admiral Istar Petrov. The exercise is a joint venture between US and Russian Naval forces designed to improve disaster-relief operations and to foster mutual cooperation between the two naval forces
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Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATION FROM THE SEA '96
Base: Vladivostok
State: Siberia
Country: Russia (RUS)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jeff Viano, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
16/08/1996
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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