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Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Craig Rodarte

USS Lake Champlain Live Fire RIMPAC 2018

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet

July 11, 2018 | 0:19

180711-N-YR245-0001 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 11, 2018) Guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) fires its MK45 5 inch gun at a live-fire exercise with Chilean frigate CNS Almirante Lynch (FF 07) and Indian frigate INS Sahyadri (F49) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2018. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 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 ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Craig Z. Rodarte/Released)