PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (July 10, 2018) Rear Adm. Cedric Pringle, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3, left, and Australian Navy Commodore Ivan Ingham, commander, Combined Task Force (CTF) 176, right, conduct an office call with Chilean Navy Commodore Pablo Niemann, combined forces maritime component commander for the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, middle left, and his staff in the Flag Mess aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018 exercise. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft a
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (July 10, 2018) Rear Adm. Cedric Pringle, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3, left, and Australian Navy Commodore Ivan Ingham, commander, Combined Task Force (CTF) 176, right, conduct an office call with Chilean Navy Commodore Pablo Niemann, combined forces maritime component commander for the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, middle left, and his staff in the Flag Mess aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018 exercise. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, 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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