MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (July 2, 2018) – Canadian Army Sdt. Michael Simard, a rifleman with Royal 22e Régiment, observes the Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, during a combat-town drill as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 2, 2018. RIMPAC demonstrates the value of amphibious forces and provides high-value training for task-organized, highly-capable Marine Air-Ground Task Forces enhancing the critical crisis response capability of Marines in the Pacific. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five


MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (July 2, 2018) – Canadian Army Sdt. Michael Simard, a rifleman with Royal 22e Régiment, observes the Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, during a combat-town drill as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 2, 2018. RIMPAC demonstrates the value of amphibious forces and provides high-value training for task-organized, highly-capable Marine Air-Ground Task Forces enhancing the critical crisis response capability of Marines in the Pacific. 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.


Size: 1772px × 1129px
Photo credit: © Barney Low / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 15th, 1st, 2/1, 2018, 2nd, affairs, air, america, archive, armed, army, battalion, california, camera, camp, canada, combat, comcam, commstrat, communications, corps, defence, exercise, expeditionary, force, forces, marine, marines, maritime, meu, meulife, mexico, military, navy, operations, pacific, pao, pendleton, public, reportage, rim, rimpac, service, serviceman, servicemen, socal, soldier, states, strategies, unit, united, usa