USS Chafee, HMCS Winnipeg and HMCS Vancouver participate in SAMEX during RIMPAC 2022 [Image 3 of 5]

PACIFIC OCEAN

07.19.2022

Photo by Canadian Forces LS Melissa Gonzalez 

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

220719-O-LR179-1007-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. 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. (Courtesy photo by Royal Canadian Navy S1 Melissa Gonzalez)

• Date Taken: 07.19.2022
• Date Posted: 07.21.2022 19:03
• Photo ID: 7327154
• VIRIN: 220719-O-LR179-1007-C
• Resolution: 1773x2659
• Size: 1.31 MB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN