220723-O-LR179-1008-CA HAWAII (July 23, 2022) Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) participates in war at sea exercise (WASEX) alongside Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183) and the Blue Task Force during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 23. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three 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 opportunit


220723-O-LR179-1008-CA HAWAII (July 23, 2022) Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) participates in war at sea exercise (WASEX) alongside Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183) and the Blue Task Force during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 23. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three 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. (Royal Canadian photo by S1 Melissa Gonzalez)


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