220629-N-EE352-2016 PEARL HARBOR (June 29, 2022) – Sailors assigned to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Takanami (DD-110) and Sailors assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) participate in a softball game on Millican Field at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam 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, RIMP
220629-N-EE352-2016 PEARL HARBOR (June 29, 2022) – Sailors assigned to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Takanami (DD-110) and Sailors assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) participate in a softball game on Millican Field at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam 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 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.
Size: 3108px × 2220px
Photo credit: © Operation 2022 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: -defense, base, exercise, force, harbor-hickam, international, japan, joint, js, largest, maritime, pearl, rimpac2022, takanami
