220630-N-CY465-1696 PEARL HARBOR (June 30, 2022) - Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Apprentice Nigel Brown, from Baton Rouge, La., and Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Robbie McNair, from Clarksburg, Md., assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), reach for the ball during a basketball game against the Wasp-Class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s Fitness Center during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are partic
220630-N-CY465-1696 PEARL HARBOR (June 30, 2022) - Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Apprentice Nigel Brown, from Baton Rouge, La., and Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Robbie McNair, from Clarksburg, Md., assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), reach for the ball during a basketball game against the Wasp-Class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s Fitness Center during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. 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 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 to safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. ( Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Karli Wilkerson)
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