PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2018) Lt. Jennifer Funderburk, assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), takes a bearing as the ship participates in a photo exercise during the at-sea phase of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. 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 relations
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2018) Lt. Jennifer Funderburk, assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), takes a bearing as the ship participates in a photo exercise during the at-sea phase of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. 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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