Navy Sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 discuss landing craft capablities during a tour in the well deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) for Open Ship Day during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 6. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a un
Navy Sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 discuss landing craft capablities during a tour in the well deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) for Open Ship Day during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 6. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. 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 on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Evan Diaz)
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