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PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 27, 2022) Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class John Mathew participates in an M4 rifle shoot on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four 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. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 25, 2022) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Jakub Turner, right, from Agusta, Maine and Fire Controlman 3rd Class Ryan Garza, from Dallas, download an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during 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. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Clayton A. Wren) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 25, 2022) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Jakub Turner, right, from Agusta, Maine and Fire Controlman 2nd Class Derrick Gracey, from Mexico, N.Y., download an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during 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. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Clayton A. Wren) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 25, 2022) Sailors download an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during 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. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Clayton A. Wren) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 25, 2022) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Derrick Gracey, left, from Mexico, N.Y., and Fire Controlman 3rd Class Ryan Garza, from Dallas, download an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during 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. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Clayton A. Wren) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 28, 2022) Sailors use a crane to transport a RIM-116 rolling airframe missile (RAM) aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Javier Reyes) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 28, 2022) Sailors conduct a RIM-116 rolling airframe missile (RAM) download aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Javier Reyes) Share

ATLANTIC OCEAN

ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 20, 2022) Fire Controlman 1st Class Carlos Ruo assists Electronic's Technician 3rd Class Colin Barthlemess fire an M-240 machine gun aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99), June 20, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is underway completing a certification exercise to increase U.S. and allied interoperability and war fighting capability before a future deployment. The George H.W. Bush CSG is an integrated combat weapons system that delivers superior combat capability to deter, and if necessary, defeat America's adversaries in support of national security. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Childress) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 13, 2019) The guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) fires its 5-inch gun while underway for basic phase certification and training. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin M. Langer) Share

PORT HUENEME, Calif.

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (June 22, 2022) Nate Kraft performs routine maintenance on the Phalanx close-in weapons system aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) during a recent combat systems assessment team event at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division. Kraft traveled from Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division’s detachment in Picatinny Arsenal in Morris County, N.J., to work on the combat systems assessment team event event. The close-in weapons system is responsible for defending the ship against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles and small boats. (U.S. Navy photo by Eric Parsons) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 27, 2022) The forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6) test fires its close-in weapon system (CIWS). America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sade� Wallace) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 27, 2022) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Ellison Arnold, right, from Grand Junction, Colo., and Fire Controlman 3rd Class CJ Hixson, from Columbus, Ohio, both assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), observe the ship's close-in weapon system (CIWS) test fire. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sade� Wallace) Share