JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (June 27, 2018) Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel James Lanari interviews Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Hideyuki Oban, vice commander, combined task force, from Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (June 27, 2018) Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel James Lanari interviews Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Hideyuki Oban, vice commander, combined task force, from Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 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 of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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