JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 1, 2018) Indian Navy Master Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Communications Anup Kumar Khan, assigned to Indian Navy stealth multi-role frigate INS Sahyadri (F49), from West Bengal, India, poses for a portrait as part of a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) campaign intended to highlight the diversity of participating nations called Faces of RIMPAC. 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. The world’s l
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 1, 2018) Indian Navy Master Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Communications Anup Kumar Khan, assigned to Indian Navy stealth multi-role frigate INS Sahyadri (F49), from West Bengal, India, poses for a portrait as part of a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) campaign intended to highlight the diversity of participating nations called Faces of RIMPAC. 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. 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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