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Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacquelin Frost

U.S. Marines and Malaysian Armed Forces Execute Air Assault for RIMPAC 2024

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet

July 27, 2024 | 1:10

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Malaysian Armed Forces ride in a CH-53 Super Stallion assigned to Armed Combat Element (ACE), Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron (VMM) 165 between Marine Corps Base Hawaii and Marine Training Area Bellows, July 27, 2024. The joint forces were participating in an air assault exercise at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows (MCTAB) for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. 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 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacquelin Frost.)