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180716-N-XK809-1027 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (July 16, 2018) Left to right, Rear Adm. Cedric Pringle, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3, Royal Australian Navy Capt. Paul O’Grady, , and Commodore Ivan Ingham, commander, Combined Task Group 176, discuss over the phone the upcoming exercises with Chilean Navy Commodore Pablo Niemann, combined forces maritime component commander for the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise during a battle update briefing in the Joint Operations Center of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). 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 Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Sykes)
| Date Taken: | 07.16.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 07.19.2018 03:42 |
| Photo ID: | 4571174 |
| VIRIN: | 180716-N-XK809-1027 |
| Resolution: | 3636x2597 |
| Size: | 970.96 KB |
| Location: | PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, US |
| Web Views: | 70 |
| Downloads: | 9 |
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