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    RIMPAC 2022 Fleet Sails in Formation [Image 1 of 4]

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    RIMPAC 2022 Fleet Sails in Formation

    PACIFIC OCEAN

    07.28.2022

    Photo by Canadian Forces LS Ernesto Sanchez 

    Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

    PACIFIC OCEAN (July 28, 2022) From left, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183), U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra (L02) sail in formation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. 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. (Video by Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez)

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    Date Taken: 07.28.2022
    Date Posted: 07.29.2022 21:56
    Photo ID: 7343395
    VIRIN: 220728-N-N0642-1001-A
    Resolution: 3600x2400
    Size: 1.24 MB
    Location: PACIFIC OCEAN

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