PEARL HARBOR (July 8, 2022) Cmdr. Meghan Bodnar, left, commanding officer, greets Candace Roberts, a descendent of Charles Vernon Gridley, the ship’s namesake, during a tour aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) while moored 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, RIMPA
PEARL HARBOR (July 8, 2022) Cmdr. Meghan Bodnar, left, commanding officer, greets Candace Roberts, a descendent of Charles Vernon Gridley, the ship’s namesake, during a tour aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) while moored 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.
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