PACIFIC OCEAN (July 22, 2018) Tongan marines await orders to unload from an AAV-P7/A1 assault amphibious vehicle aboard the Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Adelaide (L01) after training at Pohakuloa Training Area as part of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise off the coast of Hawaii July 22, 2018. RIMPAC provides high-value training for task-organized, highly capable Marine Air-Ground Task Force and enhances the critical crisis response capability of Marines in the Pacific. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 22, 2018) Tongan marines await orders to unload from an AAV-P7/A1 assault amphibious vehicle aboard the Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Adelaide (L01) after training at Pohakuloa Training Area as part of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise off the coast of Hawaii July 22, 2018. RIMPAC provides high-value training for task-organized, highly capable Marine Air-Ground Task Force and enhances the critical crisis response capability of Marines in the Pacific. Twenty-five nations, 46 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.
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