PEARL HARBOR (June 28, 2018) Sailors assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) compete against the Republic of Korea Navy destroyer Yulgok Yi (DDG 992) during a friendly match of soccer on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam at the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and 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 foste
PEARL HARBOR (June 28, 2018) Sailors assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) compete against the Republic of Korea Navy destroyer Yulgok Yi (DDG 992) during a friendly match of soccer on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam at the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and 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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