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Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Maria Llanos

USS Sampson Sailors and JS Izumo Sailors participate in a softball game during RIMPAC 2022

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet

June 30, 2022 | 1:16

220630-N-XL376-2001 PEARL HARBOR (June 30, 2022) – U.S. Sailors assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Sailors assigned to helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH-184) participate in a softball game during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, June 30. 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 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 Maria G. Llanos)