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PACIFIC OCEAN (July 16, 2022) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force medical team and members of participating countries pose for a photo during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) scenario aboard helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183), 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 snsuring 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 Courtesy of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class KIKUCHI Takanori)