HARBOR -- (June 8, 2018) Capt. Christopher J. Budde, commanding officer, USS Port Royal (CG 73), left, welcomes Capt. In-Ho Kim, the commanding officer of the Republic of Korea Navy ship Yulgok Yi I (DDG 992), following the ship’s arrival to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam June 8 in preparation for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2018. Twenty-six nations, 47 ships, five 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, RI
HARBOR -- (June 8, 2018) Capt. Christopher J. Budde, commanding officer, USS Port Royal (CG 73), left, welcomes Capt. In-Ho Kim, the commanding officer of the Republic of Korea Navy ship Yulgok Yi I (DDG 992), following the ship’s arrival to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam June 8 in preparation for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2018. Twenty-six nations, 47 ships, five 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 between 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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