PEARL HARBOR (July 6, 2022) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Rear Adm. Toshiyuki Hirata, Vice Commander Combined Task Force, speaks with Navy Capt. Marc Williams, commanding officer of Combined Task Force First Naval Construction Regiment, aboard JMSDF helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH-183) at the humanitarian assistance disaster relief brief during Rim of Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 6. 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 Calif


PEARL HARBOR (July 6, 2022) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Rear Adm. Toshiyuki Hirata, Vice Commander Combined Task Force, speaks with Navy Capt. Marc Williams, commanding officer of Combined Task Force First Naval Construction Regiment, aboard JMSDF helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH-183) at the humanitarian assistance disaster relief brief during Rim of Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 6. 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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