PACIFIC OCEAN (July 13, 2022) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Dsondria Arocho, from Minneola, Fla., directs an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the “Raptors” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71, aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Colby A. Mothershead)
| Date Taken: | 07.14.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 07.18.2022 23:41 |
| Photo ID: | 7319736 |
| VIRIN: | 220713-N-JO829-1012 |
| Resolution: | 2622x3671 |
| Size: | 1.08 MB |
| Location: | N/A, ALABAMA, US |
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