Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 conducts dive training with the Republic of Korea Navy’s Sea Salvage and Rescue Unit during SALVEX Korea 2025 [Image 8 of 17]

JINHAE NAVAL BASE, Republic of Korea (April 9, 2025) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ernest Smith, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1, and a Republic of Korea navy diver are lowered into the ocean inside of a diving bell that is launched from the inside of the Tongyeong-class salvage and rescue ship ROKS Gwangyang (ATS-32), during a joint dive and salvage exercise in the harbor of Jinhae Naval Base, Republic of Korea, April 9, 2025. Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific/Task Force 73 sustains the U.S. Navy’s maritime forces and is responsible for all diving and salvage operations in the Western Pacific in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jordan Jennings