Fire Controlman 2nd Class Wyatt Morrissey, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101), prepares to fire a shot line to the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) during a replenishment-at-sea as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 10. 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 pr


Fire Controlman 2nd Class Wyatt Morrissey, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101), prepares to fire a shot line to the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) during a replenishment-at-sea as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 10. 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 1st Class Jesse Monford)


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