PACIFIC OCEAN (July 12, 2022) Personnel from Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra (L02) prepare to unload equipment from an MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 during flying operations as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. 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 fosterin
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 12, 2022) Personnel from Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra (L02) prepare to unload equipment from an MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 during flying operations as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. 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. (Photo by Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall)
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