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180717-N-LR347-012 NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA, Calif. (July 17, 2018) - U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Dave Welch, left, commander, Task Force (CTF) 177, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center shakes hands with a Royal New Zealand Navy sailor assigned to a subordinate unit of CTF 177 during a visit to Naval Base Point Loma. As CTF 177, Welch is the Mine Warfare Commander for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 17. 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 of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Matthew A. Stroup/Released)
| Date Taken: | 07.17.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 07.19.2018 03:32 |
| Photo ID: | 4569491 |
| VIRIN: | 180717-N-LR347-012 |
| Resolution: | 4757x3171 |
| Size: | 2.82 MB |
| Location: | NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 53 |
| Downloads: | 13 |
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