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Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Colby Mothershead

US, JMSDF, Royal Australian Navy sail information

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet

June 23, 2022 | 0:57

PACIFIC OCEAN (June 23, 2022) Ships of Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) sail in formation with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Royal Australian Navy ships while transiting to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Front row, right to left: HMAS Canberra (L 02), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and JS Izumo (DDH 183). Second row, right to left: JS Takanami (DD 110), HMAS Supply (AO 195) and USS Mobile Bay (CG 53). Third row, right to left: USS Sampson (DDG 102), USS Gridley (DDG 101) and HMAS Warramunga (FFGHM 152). Back row: USS Spruance (DDG 111). 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 relationships 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 Colby A. Mothershead)