SAN DIEGO (July 24, 2018) Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander, Task Force (CTF) 177 and Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), right, is briefed on Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCMRON) 3 operations by Lt. David Wright, MCMRON 3 Battle Watch Captain, during a visit to MCMRON 3 headquarters as a part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2018 in Southern California, July 24. 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.
SAN DIEGO (July 24, 2018) Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander, Task Force (CTF) 177 and Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), right, is briefed on Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCMRON) 3 operations by Lt. David Wright, MCMRON 3 Battle Watch Captain, during a visit to MCMRON 3 headquarters as a part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2018 in Southern California, July 24. 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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