World’s largest maritime exercise set this year

From Update.Ph (Jun 1): World’s largest maritime exercise set this year  

The world’s largest maritime exercise, the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), is set to take place June 30 to August 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California, the United States Third Fleet said.

Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, People’s Republic of China, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the United States forces will be joining in this year’s RIMPAC.

Brazil, Denmark, Germany, and Italy will also be joining RIMPAC for the first time.
The 27 forces will be sending 45 ships, five submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel for the said maritime exercise with theme “Capable, Adaptive, Partners.”

“The participating nations and forces will exercise a wide range of capabilities and demonstrate the inherent flexibility of maritime forces. These capabilities range from disaster relief and maritime security operations to sea control and complex warfighting,” US Navy Third Fleet said. “The relevant, realistic training program includes amphibious operations, gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises, as well as counter-piracy, mine clearance operations, explosive ordnance disposal and diving and salvage operations.”

Hosted by US Pacific Fleet, RIMPAC 2016 will be led by U.S. Vice Adm. Nora Tyson, commander of the U.S. 3rd Fleet (C3F), who will serve as the Combined Task Force (CTF) Commander. Royal Canadian Navy Rear Adm. Scott Bishop will serve as deputy commander of the CTF, and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Rear Adm. Koji Manabe as the vice commander. Other key leaders of the multinational force will include Commodore Malcolm Wise of the Royal Australian Navy, who will command the maritime component; Brig. Gen. Blaise Frawley of the Royal Canadian Air Force, who will command the air component; and the amphibious task force will be led by Royal New Zealand Navy Commodore James Gilmour.

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