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Video by Jarrod Mulvihill

Australian Army small boats training

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet

July 3, 2022 | 0:39

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 3, 2022) Australian Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment conduct boat training with Marines from the Indonesian Korps Marinir during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment Alpha Company's Small Boats Platoon conduct F470 Zodiac familiarization and amphibious insertion training with multiple participating nations during the Harbor Phase of RIMPAC 22 at Kaneohe Bay, 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 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. (Video by Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill)