MARINE CORPS BASE PENDLETON, Calif. (July 10, 2018) A member of the Canadian 2nd Battalion Royal 22e Régiment empties the chamber of his C7A2 Automatic Rifle mounted M203A1 grenade launcher during live-fire platoon attacks at range 800 during the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, July 10. 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, R
MARINE CORPS BASE PENDLETON, Calif. (July 10, 2018) A member of the Canadian 2nd Battalion Royal 22e Régiment empties the chamber of his C7A2 Automatic Rifle mounted M203A1 grenade launcher during live-fire platoon attacks at range 800 during the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, July 10. 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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