Rimpac

In a first for RIMPAC, service members are also participating in urban search-and-rescue training at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

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.

A naval helicopter taking off from an RSN frigate flight deck to conduct anti-submarine operations during Exercise RIMPAC in Hawaii.

Once services, supplies, fuel, and transient accommodation taxes are factored in, RIMPAC infuses more than an estimated $100 million into certain sectors of Hawaii’s economy.

RIMPAC, which is quick to emphasize the humanitarian aid and disaster relief aspects of the exercise, has spent four decades training partner nations for contingencies and rescue operations.

As the world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity designed to foster and sustain cooperative relationships critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s interconnected oceans.

Disinviting the Chinese Navy from RIMPAC is still only a reactive response to Chinese aggression.

International ships participating in RIMPAC 2018 exercise moor at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam prior to beginning the at-sea phase of the exercise.

Sailors from guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) won the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) basketball tournament during the June 30 finals with a score of 54 to 43 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

The sub participated in this year’s RIMPAC exercises.

This was a first for Israel as is their participation in the 2018 RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) international military exercises.

With other trials and the MISSILEX complete rejoined its RIMPAC Task Group for Force Integration Training with partner nations.

Kitty Hawk participated in the RIMPAC exercise near Hawaii in George Washington s place.

Los Angeles-class submarine runs with submarines from partner nations during RIMPAC 2014.