BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 16, 2018) — Wing Cmdr. Shane Hawkes, deputy commander, Task Group (CTG) , speaks with Ivan Ingham, commander, Task Force 176, during a tour of the Joint Mobile Tactical Operations Center on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five 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 opp
BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 16, 2018) — Wing Cmdr. Shane Hawkes, deputy commander, Task Group (CTG) , speaks with Ivan Ingham, commander, Task Force 176, during a tour of the Joint Mobile Tactical Operations Center on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five 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 on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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