220701-N-PQ495-1021 SAN DIEGO - (July 1, 2022) – Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Cody Belville, from Flint, Mich., unloads a mine detecting consul from a trailer for Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 14, “The Vanguard”, based in Norfolk, Va., after it arrives at Naval Air Station North Island in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 in Southern California. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s larges


220701-N-PQ495-1021 SAN DIEGO - (July 1, 2022) – Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Cody Belville, from Flint, Mich., unloads a mine detecting consul from a trailer for Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 14, “The Vanguard”, based in Norfolk, Va., after it arrives at Naval Air Station North Island in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 in Southern California. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 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 on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.


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