Undersea Rescue Command and Chilean Navy to Kick Off CHILEMAR VII

By By Lieutenant Courtney Callaghan, Submarine Squadron 11 Public Affairs

October 24, 2017

The U.S. Navy’s Undersea Rescue Command (URC) and the Chilean Navy conducted CHILEMAR VII, a bilateral exercise designed to demonstrate interoperability between the U.S. submarine rescue system and Chilean submarines from October 16th to 20th. The exercise took place off the coast of Talcauhano, Chile.

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