PACIFIC OCEAN (July 24, 2018) Seaman Ariel Lopez, foreground, and Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Jarid Davis remove the chock and chain on an MH-60R Sea Hawk assigned to the “Tropics” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) on the flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 24. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, and 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 mariti
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 24, 2018) Seaman Ariel Lopez, foreground, and Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Jarid Davis remove the chock and chain on an MH-60R Sea Hawk assigned to the “Tropics” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) on the flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 24. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, and 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 among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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