The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) transits in formation with the French Navy Frigate FS Bretagne (D655), the South Korean Navy destroyer ROKS Yulgok Yi I (DDG 992), and the stealth multi-role frigate INS Shivalik (F47) during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 15. 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 uni


The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) transits in formation with the French Navy Frigate FS Bretagne (D655), the South Korean Navy destroyer ROKS Yulgok Yi I (DDG 992), and the stealth multi-role frigate INS Shivalik (F47) during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 15. 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 Jordan Jennings)


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