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Video by Seaman Darienne M Slack

RIMPAC 2018 Softball Tournament

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet

June 30, 2018 | 0:58

180630-N-TZ020-0001 PEARL HARBOR (June 28, 2018) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) won the final game of the Rim of the Pacific softball tournament, 21-2, against the team from guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57). Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 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 of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Darienne Slack)