Three Philippine Navy (PN) officers instead of just two will be participating in this year's naval war games called Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC).
"The PN will be sending three officers composed of two operations officers who will be staff officers during RIMPAC and one medical officer who will be embedded in (the) USS Mercy (a United States Navy hospital ship)," Navy public affairs office chief Cmdr. Gregory Fabic said in a text message to the PNhilippine News Agency on Monday.
He declined to give the names of the participating officers as this is still pending approval from higher headquarters.
RIMPAC is the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise. It is held biennially during June and July of even-numbered years in
It is hosted and administered by the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet, headquartered at Pearl Harbor, in conjunction with the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, and Hawaii National Guard forces under the control of the governor of
The
With RIMPAC, the United States Pacific Command seeks to enhance interoperability between
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