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LIMÓN, Costa Rica

LIMÓN, Costa Rica (July 24, 2024) – U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Zachary Smith, mission commander for Continuing Promise 2024 poses for a group photo with local students, as Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) makes preparations to depart Limón, Costa Rica, during Continuing Promise 2024. Continuing Promise has long been and will continue to be a way for nations in the Americas to form stronger cultural and social bonds, leading to stronger regional partnerships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jasmin L. Aquino) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) leads a group sail July 22, off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. 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. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Corban Lundborg) Share

SATTAHIP, Thailand

SATTAHIP, Thailand (July 21, 2024) Musician 3rd Class Marisol Arreola, right, assigned to U.S. 7th Fleet Band, and Royal Thai Navy Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Nutjareeya Sangaree, assigned to Royal Thai Navy ACDC Band sing together during a joint performance at Central Pattaya Mall as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2024 in Sattahip, Thailand, July 21, 2024. This year marks the 30th iteration of CARAT, a multinational exercise series designed to enhance U.S. and partner navies’ abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Rebecca Moore) Share

SAN DIEGO

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. (July 23, 2024) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits the San Diego Bay, as seen from Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, Calif., July 23, 2024. Ronald Reagan and crew are in the process of completing a homeport change, with USS George Washington (CVN 73) replacing the carrier as the forward-deployed U.S. Naval Forces Japan aircraft carrier at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Keenan Daniels) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Multinational ships sail in formation July 22, off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. 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 Terrin Hartman) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Sailors conduct flight operations aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the ship participates in the at-sea phase of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 July 20. 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 3rd Class Nathan Jordan) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), while participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, fires the first naval strike missile from a U.S. destroyer July 18. 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 Jordan Jennings) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class John Delacuesta signals an approaching U.S. Army HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Hammerheads” of 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, as it prepares to land on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 21. 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 1st Class Jesse Monford) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 19, 2024) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Jonathan Williams, from Cowpens, S.C., passes word on the 1 MC during general quarters, aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77). O’Kane, assigned to the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific in addition to providing realistic and relevant training necessary to flawlessly execute our Navy’s timeless roles of sea control and power projection. U.S. 3rd Fleet works in close coordination with other numbered fleets to provide commanders with capable, ready forces to deploy forward and win in day-to-day competition, in crisis, and in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sheryssa Dodard) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Sailors heave line on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), July 22, 2024, at Naval Air Station North Island. Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caylen McCutcheon) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 17, 2024) Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Jaden Brown, from Bakersfield, Calif., grinds metal aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Three, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific in addition to providing realistic and relevant training necessary to flawlessly execute our Navy's timeless roles of sea control and power projection. U.S. 3rd Fleet works in close coordination with other numbered fleets to provide commanders with capable, ready forces to deploy forward and win in day-to-day competition, in crisis, and in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nathaly Cruz) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

Two U.S. Navy E/A 18-G Growlers and one P-8A Poseidon, two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 Viper Zeros, two French navy Rafales and an Airbus A330 multi role tanker transport fly in formation over the Philippine Sea during a French PEGASE mission for an aerial interaction, July 19, 2024. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo) Share