Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Brycen Jones, left, from Somerset, Kentucky, and Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Gabriel Shiaza, right, from San Diego, California, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), remove the chokes and chains attaching the helicopter to the flight deck during the Force Integration phase of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 17. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. 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 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that begin in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bayley Foster)
Date Taken: | 07.17.2024 |
Date Posted: | 07.18.2024 17:55 |
Photo ID: | 8536693 |
VIRIN: | 240717-N-US256-1119 |
Resolution: | 5758x3839 |
Size: | 1.79 MB |
Location: | PACIFIC OCEAN |
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