Keywords: US Navy 040708-N-4304S-073 Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Seth Deboer retrieves an AQS-24 mine locator during a mine countermeasure operation.jpg en Pacific Ocean July 8 2004 - Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Seth Deboer retrieves an AQS-24 mine locator during a mine countermeasure operation The AQS-24 is a devise which is lowered into the water and towed behind an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter and is designed to use sonar and laser technology to photograph underwater mines Deboer is assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron One Four HM-14 HM-14 is currently deployed aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Dubuque LPD 8 HM-14 and Dubuque are participating in exercise Rim of the Pacific RIMPAC 2004 RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands This years exercise includes seven participating nations; Australia Canada Chile Japan South Korea the United Kingdom and the United States RIMPAC is intended to enhance the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region U S Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Bradley J Sapp RELEASED For more information go to <a href http //www cpf navy mil/RIMPAC2004 Target _BLANK >http //www cpf navy mil/RIMPAC2004</a>/ 2004-07-08 040708-N-4304S-073 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 15961 U S Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Bradley J Sapp PD-USGov-Military-Navy RIMPAC 2004 Aviation Machinist's Mate USS Dubuque LPD-8 MH-53E Sea Dragon interiors Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 United States Navy |