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The Navy announced Tuesday that RIMPAC 24 — the world’s largest naval exercise — will take place from June 26 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands.
The biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise will be under the command of officers from the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and Chile with a total of 29 nations taking part.
The other countries participating are Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga and the United Kingdom .
A total of 40 surface ships, 3 submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel are expected to join the maneuvers.
The Navy announced that the theme of RIMPAC 2024 is “Partners: Integrated and Prepared” and the goal is to “promote a free and open Indo-Pacific” region.
“Exercise RIMPAC is the premier joint and combined maritime exercise, utilizing and preserving a world-class maritime training environment,” the Navy said. “With inclusivity at its core, RIMPAC fosters multi-national cooperation and trust, leverages interoperability, and achieves respective national objectives to strengthen integrated, prepared, coalition partners.”