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Home» News»RIMPAC 2022 Officially Kicks off
RIMPAC 2022 Officially Kicks off
Ships of US Navy Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group sail in formation with JMSDF and Royal Australian Navy to join the remaining 23 nations on the world’s largest international maritime exercise. US Navy picture.

RIMPAC 2022 Officially Kicks off

The U.S. Navy launched the 28th edition of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the world's largest international maritime exercise on June 29, 2022.

Naval News Staff 30 Jun 2022

U.S. Navy press release

Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, four submarines, nine national land forces, more than 30 unmanned systems, approximately 170 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel will train and operate in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California, June 29 to Aug. 4.

Following RIMPAC’s theme of Capable Adaptive Partners, RIMPAC forces will exercise a wide range of capabilities, projecting the inherent flexibility of maritime forces and helping to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific.

The future is here

Check it out ⬇️ 3 unmanned surface vessels, Nomad, Sea Hunter & Ranger transit the Pacific Ocean to participate in #RIMPAC2022. Unmanned systems provide additional warfighting capability & capacity to augment the #Navy’s traditional combatant force.💪@USNavy pic.twitter.com/Ehd4rKXVqh

— RIMPAC (@RimofthePacific) June 29, 2022

RIMPAC 2022 Commander, Vice Admiral Michael Boyle, welcomed participants during a kick-off gathering of leaders from across the RIMPAC force.

“By coming together as Capable, Adaptive Partners, and in the scale that we are, we are making a statement about our commitment to work together, to foster and sustain those relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of the sea lanes and the security of the world’s interconnected oceans. This is also how we find the areas where our national objectives overlap, where we can practice the procedures that will help to enable our interchangeability –the nexus of national will and interoperability.”


Vice Admiral Michael Boyle, RIMPAC 2022 Commander

Royal Canadian Navy Rear Adm. Christopher Robinson will serve as deputy commander of the CTF, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Toshiyuki Hirata as the vice commander, and Fleet Marine Force will be led by U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Joseph Clearfield. Other key leaders of the multinational force will include Commodore Paul O’Grady of the Royal Australian Navy, who will command the maritime component, and Brig. Gen. Mark Goulden of the Royal Canadian Air Force, who will command the air component.

RIMPAC 2022 Officially Kicks off
U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyer Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) takes part in RIMPAC 2022 (Credit: RIMPAC official)

For the first time, the Republic of Korea Rear Adm. Sangmin An will serve as the Commander of Combined Task Force (CTF) 176, RIMPAC’s amphibious task force. Republic of Singapore Navy Col. Kwan Hon Chuong will serve as the Sea Combat Commander for CTF 176, and Royal Australian Navy Capt. Michael Osborn CSM will serve as the Sea Logistics Commander, CTF 173.

This marks the first time the newly commissioned Royal Australian Navy Supply Class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ship HMAS Supply will participate in an international exercise, carrying-out replenishments at seas with participating navies.

RIMPAC 2022 Officially Kicks off
KRI I Gusti Ngurah Rai from Indonesian Navy
RIMPAC 2022 Officially Kicks off
ROKS Sejong The Great from the ROK Navy

This year’s exercise program will include gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises, as well as amphibious, counter-piracy, mine clearance, explosive ordnance disposal, diving and salvage operations. Additionally, the exercise will also introduce space and cyber operations for all partner nations.

“It’s great to see the exercise return to the scale that we have seen in previous years, enabling the combined forces of our 26 partner and allied nations to work together and learn from each other. We are each maritime nations and we rely on each other to help keep our sea lanes free and open. RIMPAC provides us with the opportunity to grow and refine our individual and combined abilities, and our joint capacity to contribute to security in the Indo-Pacific region. This helps us all.”


RIMPAC CTF Deputy Commander Rear Adm. Christopher Robinson from the Royal Canadian Navy.
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