New Zealand, U.S. Navy Sailors play softball during RIMPAC 2022

Credit: Seaman Leon Vonguyen | Date Taken: 06/29/2022
220629-N-EE352-4001 PEARL HARBOR (June 29, 2022) – Sailors assigned to the Royal New Zealand Navy auxiliary oiler replenishment ship HMNZS Aotearoa (A 11) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) play softball on Millican Field at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. 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. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Leon Vonguyen)