USCG PHOTOS

Coast Guardsmen from Port Security Unit 311, Shoreside Security Division perform as simulated enemy combatants during a mine clearing exercise at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii 24 during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) July 24, 2024. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in Rim of the Pacific Exercise (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.