Photo By Petty Officer 3rd Class Kylie Jagiello | PEARL HARBOR (July 11, 2022) Chilean Navy officer Lieutenant Commander Gabriel Bore on...... read more read more
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PEARL HARBOR – Neighboring countries separated by the Pacific Ocean, the Chilean Navy and Royal Australian Navy have come together as partners during the largest naval exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022.
Chilean Navy frigate CNS Almirante Lynch Operations Officer Lieutenant Commander Gabriel Bore said both navies are alike: in personality, procedures and understanding of war fighting at sea.
“Having this long-term relationship between Australia and Chile is what RIMPAC is all about,” Lieutenant Commander Bore said.
Two years ago, the commissioning crew of Chilean Navy frigate CNS Capitan Prat and Almirante Latorre travelled to Australia and received training on their new frigate class vessels.
As the navigating officer on Prat at the time, Lieutenant Commander Bore is now passing on all he learnt from Australia to his junior officers who stand watches on the bridge of Lynch.
“That was my only time in Australia, and I met not just professional mariners but great people as well,” Lieutenant Commander Bore said. “We both made a great effort to achieve high levels of training and I hope our relationship will last for many years to come.”
Members from both countries who were part of the training in Australia are now in different jobs and meeting again in Hawaii for RIMPAC.
In charge of combat training in 2020, Lieutenant Commander James Dobson is now the RIMPAC exercise coordinator.
Spending so much time training the Chilean Navy, he said it was surreal to see them again.
“We spent many months getting to know each other and training together; I was happy to see they successfully got the ships home,” Lieutenant Commander Dobson said.
“With many memories of my own on the same class of ship, it was great to be able to impart my knowledge and train their passionate crew.
“They always strove for more knowledge, asked many questions, and wanted to make sure they knew as much as they could,” he said.
Training only forms a small part of inter-capability; Lieutenant Commander Dobson believes it is the friendships that are built because of training that helps.
“By knowing each other’s capabilities, strengths, and operating limits, we know we can work together in the future, bilaterally and in larger coalition groups,” Lieutenant Commander Dobson said. “Training hundreds of people across my time, the friendships we made with the crew and the fact they are here at RIMPAC, only proves it is a small world.”
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.
| Date Taken: | 07.11.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 07.22.2022 15:56 |
| Story ID: | 425525 |
| Location: | HAWAII, US |
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