Keywords: Canadian Petty Officer Tony Falletta in wetsuit and SIVA Underwater Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Diving Apparatus (oxygen rebreather) 970617-N-TU986-002.jpg en Canadian Petty Officer Tony Falletta in wetsuit and SIVA Underwater Mine Countermeasures MCM Diving Apparatus oxygen rebreather grabs the reigns of a rubber dive boat during mine counter measure operations as part of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97 The Canadian divers are part of a group of mine counter measure teams including US and Austrailian teams working from USS Denver LPD 9 off the coast of Southern California KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-Chief Pacific CINCPAC fleet training exercise FLEETEX focused on operational/tactical training of Commander Third Fleet C3F / I Marine Expeditionary Forces MEF and Commander Amphibious Group 3 CPG-3 / 1st Marine Division MARDIV KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations 1997-06-17 PH2 NAC Jeff Viano USN http //www defenseimagery mil/imageRetrieve action guid c99e1c77e12e768f2bfcaf568ac8487167ea5adb t 2 Public domain photograph from defenseimagery mil http //www defenseimagery mil/imagery html guid c99e1c77e12e768f2bfcaf568ac8487167ea5adb 970617-N-TU986-002 Unknown PD-USGov-Military-Navy 1st Marine Division United States USS Denver LPD-9 Wetsuits Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ Military diving People of the Royal Canadian Navy |