220706-M-TN173-1102 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 6, 2022) Marines with Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (VMFA-232), Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7, gather around the commanding officer’s F/A-18 Hornet to welcome him upon his arrival to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay during Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC 2022), on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 6, 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC 2022 from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest internati


220706-M-TN173-1102 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 6, 2022) Marines with Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (VMFA-232), Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7, gather around the commanding officer’s F/A-18 Hornet to welcome him upon his arrival to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay during Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC 2022), on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 6, 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC 2022 from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC 2022 provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationship 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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