Article: NAVY, COAST GUARD, AIR FORCE SAR TEAMS TRAIN IN HONG KONG SAREX 2006

The U.S. Navy issued the following press release:

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW/SW) Tiffini M. JonesFleet Public Affairs Center, Pacific

More than 300 personnel from the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force teamed with aviators from the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (CAD) to successfully conduct a search-and-rescue exercise (SAREX) in the South China Sea, Oct. 25-26.

Since 1976, the U.S. military has participated in the Hong Kong SAREX, an annual exercise designed to train air crews and surface vessels on the tactics and procedures necessary to find a lost vessel at sea. SAREX underscores the Pacific Fleet's commitment to supporting ongoing cooperative efforts in the ...

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