220712-N-OZ224-1026 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 12, 2022) – Naval Air Crewman (Operator) 1st Class John Dohoney, assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 47, the ‘Golden Swordsmen’, operates his station aboard a P-8A Poseidon during a flight for Homeland Defense (HLD) and Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 12. 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 Island and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique
220712-N-OZ224-1026 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 12, 2022) – Naval Air Crewman (Operator) 1st Class John Dohoney, assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 47, the ‘Golden Swordsmen’, operates his station aboard a P-8A Poseidon during a flight for Homeland Defense (HLD) and Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 12. 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 Island 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 on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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