JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 16, 2018) Navy Cmdr. Nathan Gammache, Patrol Squadron (VP) 47 Commanding Officer, left, and Aircrewman (Operator) 2nd Class Cameron Vickens, attached to VP-47, middle, speak to Royal Australian Navy Commodore Ivan Ingham, commander, Combined Task Force 176, right, during a tour of a P-8A Poseidon on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise July 16. 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 Hawaiia
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 16, 2018) Navy Cmdr. Nathan Gammache, Patrol Squadron (VP) 47 Commanding Officer, left, and Aircrewman (Operator) 2nd Class Cameron Vickens, attached to VP-47, middle, speak to Royal Australian Navy Commodore Ivan Ingham, commander, Combined Task Force 176, right, during a tour of a P-8A Poseidon on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise July 16. 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 between participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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