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Colonel Darcy Molstad is the Commander of 3 Wing and Canadian Forces Base Bagotville. He has been a Canadian Armed Forces Member for more than 20 years and currently deployed on Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2016 as the Commander of the Air Task Force.
“I decided in Grade 11 I wanted to be an F-18 pilot. It may have been coincidental with the release of "Top Gun" in the 80s, but I wanted to be a fighter pilot because it looked like a job that was very physical but also mentally challenging at the same time,” said Molstad. “I was an athlete, I like to think I sometimes still am, though I’m not as good as I was in the old days, and I wanted to mix those two elements together. “
“RIMPAC is a great training opportunity so far, as we’ve had the opportunity to build our camp from scratch. This allows us to conduct tasks as though we are deployed somewhere that doesn't have the infrastructure available to conduct operations. We then work to integrate our air detachments into that construct which allows us to support a coalition as quickly and as effectively as possible.”
Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 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 that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Canadian Forces Combat Camera photo by MCpl Mathieu Gaudreault)
| Date Taken: | 07.14.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 07.19.2016 15:26 |
| Photo ID: | 2730604 |
| VIRIN: | 160715-O-XH256-003 |
| Resolution: | 4315x2872 |
| Size: | 1.67 MB |
| Location: | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII, US |
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