Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 is Haze Gray and Underway Off California and Hawaii
by Sean Spoonts
220725-O-LR179-1002-CA PACIFIC OCEAN (July 22, 2022) Royal Canadian Navy Ship HMCS Winnipeg (FFH338) fires a torpedo on July 22, 2022 during the Torpedo Exercise (TORPEX) off the coast of Hawaii during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. (Royal Canadian Navy photo by Captain Christine MacNeil)
Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 30 unmanned systems, approximately 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC 2022 from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the waters of the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. RIMPAC is world’s largest international maritime exercise, giving US Navy and those of partner nations training opportunities to further cooperative relationships among participants that ensure the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise of a line that began in 1971
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Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 30 unmanned systems, approximately 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC 2022 from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the waters of the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. RIMPAC is world’s largest international maritime exercise, giving US Navy and those of partner nations training opportunities to further cooperative relationships among participants that ensure the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise of a line that began in 1971
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 28, 2022) Royal Australian Navy Canberra-class landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra (L02), front, Republic of Korea Navy Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship ROKS Marado (LPH 6112), center, and Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) sail in formation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 28. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Wesley Richardson)
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2022) U.S. Navy Lt. Cory Rogge, from Wilmington, North Carolina, assigned to Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 5, U.S. Navy Lt. Alexander Jahncke, from Greenwich, Connecticut, assigned to FST 5, center, and Royal Australian Navy Lt. Edward Finnis, from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, treat a simulated patient on to a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey, attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, inflight to U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in support of a joint-service medical training exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 26, 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brett McMinoway)
220719-O-LR179-1006-CA PACIFIC OCEAN (July 19, 2022) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) launches an SM-2 Block IV missile during a joint surface-to-air missile exercise (SAMEX) with Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) and Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) off the coast of Hawaii during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 19. (Courtesy photo by Royal Canadian Navy S1 Melissa Gonzalez)
220622-N-HH215-1033 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 22, 2022) The large unmanned surface vessel Ranger transits the Pacific Ocean to participate in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. . (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tyler R. Fraser)
220728-N-TL141-1327 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 28, 2022) Ships sail in formation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 28. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan Lavin)
220728-N-TL141-2001 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 28, 2022) U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails in formation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 28. (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan Lavin)
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 12, 2022) Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 military forces from Australia, Canada, Malaysia and the U.S., fired upon and sunk the decommissioned ex-USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60), July 12, during a sinking exercise (SINKEX) to gain proficiency in tactics, targeting and live firing against a surface target at sea. SINKEX vessels are put through a certified cleaning process, including removing all environmentally harmful material including trash, floatable material, mercury, fluorocarbon and petroleum.(U.S. Navy courtesy asset)
BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, Hawaii (July 18, 2022) Australian Army Sgt. Corey Boyce from 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, takes part in a helicopter casting serial during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. (Royal Australian Air Force photo by Cpl. John Solomon)
220720-O-CA231-1002-CA MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii (July 20 2022) U.S. Army and Republic of Korea SEAL Special Operations Forces conduct helicopter cast and Military Operations on Urban Terrain training during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 20. (Canadian Armed Forces photo by Cpl. Djalma Vuong-De Ramos, Imagery Technician)
Sean Spoonts is a former Navy Anti-submarine Warfare Operator and Search and Rescue Aircrewman in SH-2f LAMPS II Sea Sprite. Graduate of Naval Aircrewman Candidate School Pensacola, AW "A" School NATTC Millington, HS-1 SAR School NAS Jacksonville, FASOTRAGRUDET SERE NAS Brunswick. Duty with HSL-30, NAS Norfolk and HSL-36, NAF Mayport.
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