PEARL HARBOR (June 27, 2022) Republic of Korea Navy Rear Adm. Sangmin Ahn, Commander, Task Force (CTF) 176, left, greets Capt. Wayne Liebold, executive officer of USS Essex (LHD 2), right, and Command Master Chief Jason Ortega, center, aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, June 27. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provid
PEARL HARBOR (June 27, 2022) Republic of Korea Navy Rear Adm. Sangmin Ahn, Commander, Task Force (CTF) 176, left, greets Capt. Wayne Liebold, executive officer of USS Essex (LHD 2), right, and Command Master Chief Jason Ortega, center, aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, June 27. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 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 on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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