220801-O-QR492-1001-CA PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 01, 2022) Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Aotearoa (A11) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. This is HMCS Vancouver’s fifth RAS with the Aotearoa carried out during RIMPAC. Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, three submarines, nine national land forces, more than 30 unmanned systems, approximately 170 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel will train and operate in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California, June 29 to Aug. 4. The world’s l
220801-O-QR492-1001-CA PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 01, 2022) Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Aotearoa (A11) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. This is HMCS Vancouver’s fifth RAS with the Aotearoa carried out during RIMPAC. Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, three submarines, nine national land forces, more than 30 unmanned systems, approximately 170 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel will train and operate in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California, June 29 to Aug. 4. 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. (Royal Canadian Navy photo by Sgt Ghislain Cotton)
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