PACIFIC OCEAN (July 19, 2018) Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) and the Peruvian Navy maritime patrol boat BAP Ferré (PM 211) work together to patch a hole in a practice pipe, July 19. The Ferré crewmembers boarded Bertholf to render assistance in a mock distress case during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018 exercises. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships and five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Island and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exerc
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 19, 2018) Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) and the Peruvian Navy maritime patrol boat BAP Ferré (PM 211) work together to patch a hole in a practice pipe, July 19. The Ferré crewmembers boarded Bertholf to render assistance in a mock distress case during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018 exercises. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships and five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Island and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among the 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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