MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HAWAII (July 22, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (VMFA-232), Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7 and U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornets. assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41) are rigged and loaded with missiles during SINKEX as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Ex-USS Rodney M. Davis was decommissioned and sunk during SINKEX, giving joint and combined forces training opportunities during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. 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. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Melanye Martinez)
| Date Taken: | 07.22.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 07.27.2022 01:21 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 851268 |
| VIRIN: | 220722-M-MS784-1001 |
| Filename: | DOD_109123410 |
| Length: | 00:03:28 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HAWAII, US |
| Downloads: | 70 |
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