Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James C. Nelson, left, a weapons training instructor, and Lance Cpl. Sean Acosta, a crew chief, both assigned to the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, travel aboard an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, July 2. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The wo
Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James C. Nelson, left, a weapons training instructor, and Lance Cpl. Sean Acosta, a crew chief, both assigned to the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, travel aboard an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, July 2. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. 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 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Oliver Nisbet)
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