Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Ahnalesa Alvarado, left, a native of Odessa, and Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Bryan Hernandez, a native of Seattle, Washington, stand watch on the bridge aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the ship prepares to pull in to Pearl Harbor, 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 participated 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.
