220707-M-WC972-1128
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 7, 2022) A Marine assigned to the Malaysian Marine Corps harnesses his seatbelt in a CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH 462), Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7, during aircraft onload and offload training. U.S. Marines, Australian Army, Malaysian Marine Corps, Chilean Marine Corps, Mexican Naval Infantry, Indonesian Marine Corps, and Royal Tongan Marines received training in support of Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC 2022 from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC 2022 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sydney Smith)
| Date Taken: | 07.07.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 07.09.2022 00:09 |
| Photo ID: | 7309209 |
| VIRIN: | 220707-M-WC972-1128 |
| Resolution: | 5015x7518 |
| Size: | 2.46 MB |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HAWAII, US |
| Web Views: | 99 |
| Downloads: | 4 |
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