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RIMPAC 2024 Softball Competition

  • Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet
  • June 28, 2024 | 1:06

Sailors from the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) and the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) participate in a softball game with during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, June 28. 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 video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Preston Cash)