PACIFIC OCEAN (July 21, 2022) From left, Navy Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Gilday, left, speaks with Republic of Korea Navy Rear Adm. Sangmin An, Commander, Task Force (CTF) 176, and Navy Rear Adm. Michael Baze, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3, aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three 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 internati
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 21, 2022) From left, Navy Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Gilday, left, speaks with Republic of Korea Navy Rear Adm. Sangmin An, Commander, Task Force (CTF) 176, and Navy Rear Adm. Michael Baze, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3, aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three 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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