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Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Oscar Baez, a Long Beach, California native, fires a shot line from an M14 rifle to Royal Canadian Navy replenishment oiler MV Asterix during a replenishment-at-sea aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, while underway in the Pacific Ocean, July 15. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. 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 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Evan Diaz)
| Date Taken: | 07.15.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 07.15.2024 20:58 |
| Photo ID: | 8530403 |
| VIRIN: | 240715-N-JS660-1216 |
| Resolution: | 7622x4287 |
| Size: | 12.46 MB |
| Location: | PACIFIC OCEAN |
| Hometown: | LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 102 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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USS Somerset (LPD 25)
