PACIFIC OCEAN (July 18, 2018) Marine Corps Col. Michael S. Styskal, commanding officer of 3rd Marine Regiment, addresses Marines and Australian Army soldiers in the embarked forces mess while conducting a ship visit aboard the landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Adelaide (L01) during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 18. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, and about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise,
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 18, 2018) Marine Corps Col. Michael S. Styskal, commanding officer of 3rd Marine Regiment, addresses Marines and Australian Army soldiers in the embarked forces mess while conducting a ship visit aboard the landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Adelaide (L01) during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 18. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, and about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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