220630-N-CY465-1271 PEARL HARBOR (June 30, 2022) A Sailor assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) runs to first base during a softball game against the Wasp-Class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) on Millican Field at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four 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 provi
220630-N-CY465-1271 PEARL HARBOR (June 30, 2022) A Sailor assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) runs to first base during a softball game against the Wasp-Class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) on Millican Field at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four 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 to safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. ( Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Karli Wilkerson)
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