Out of This World

Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alonzo Martin-Frazier, Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer Martinez, Petty Officer 2nd Class Gwendelyn Ohrazda

Faces of RIMPAC: Lt. j.g. Constanza Kuk and Cpl. Alberto Baltazar

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet

July 1, 2022 | 1:27

220701-N-DK460-1001 PEARL HARBOR (July 1, 2022) Mexican Navy Lt. j.g. Constanza Cecilia Medina Kuk, from Mexico City, and Cpl. Alberto Emmanuel Reyna Baltazar, from Manzanillo, Colima, speak about their experience participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 1, at the Port of Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 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 relationship among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda)