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Sailors assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) wave to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile destroyer USS Princeton (CG 59) during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 while underway in the Pacific Ocean, July 21.

USS Somerset (LPD 25) waves to USS Princeton (CG 59) during RIMPAC 2024

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to land during night flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) on July 25, 2024.

31st MEU Conducts Night Flight Operations

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti salutes following a meeting with with Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr., in Manila, July 26, 2024.

CNO Visits the Philippines

An F-22A Raptor sits on the flightline during Exercise Pitch Black 2024 at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Tindal, Australia, July 18.

Sun sets on USAF F-22A Raptor during Exercise Pitch Black 2024

80th Guam Liberation Day Parade

The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) conducts routine operations in the Philippine Sea, July 25.

Inert Bomb Load Aboard USS America (LHA 6)

Multinational ships sail in formation July 22, off the coast of Hawaii during 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.

Multinational ships sail in formation during RIMPAC 2024

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ismael Hinojosa, a fire support Marine with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, post security with an M240B medium machine gun during Certification Exercise 24.3 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, July 17, 2024.

5th ANGLICO | CERTEX 24.3: Patrols

Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Elena Ramirez, a Visayas, Philippines native, signals to a landing craft, air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, as it enters the well deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024.

USS Somerset Boatswain’s Mate signals landing craft during night operations

HMAS Sydney fires Royal Australian Navy’s first Naval Strike Missile during a long-planned, live-fire sinking exercise off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii as a part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024.

HMAS Sydney fires Royal Australian Navy’s first Naval Strike Missile during RIMPAC 2024

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Members of the U.S. Army's 8th Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment, 18th Medical Command, (2nd from the right) Port Moresby General Hospital Director of Medical Services Dr. Kone Sobi, and U.S. Army Maj. Levi Daugherty, trauma surgeon, Brooke Army Medical Center, pose for a group photo during the inaugural Papua New Guinea Trauma Rotation at Port Moresby General Hospital at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Dec. 7, 2023. The Trauma Rotation follows the recent signing of the Defense Cooperation Agreement between the U.S. and Papua New Guinea; it is a first-of-its-kind engagement between the U.S. Army and Papua New Guinea, which mutually offers parties the a chance to exchange medical expertise and techniques in an austere environment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes/Released)

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PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - (l-r) U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Stephanie Grewell, detachment noncommissioned officer, Lt. Col. Andrew Galdi, detachment commander, and Maj. Karl Kmiecik, emergency medicine physician, all 8th Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment, 18th Medical Command, review charting documentation in the emergency room during the inaugural Papua New Guinea Trauma Rotation in Port Moresby General Hospital at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Dec. 7, 2023. The Trauma Rotation follows the recent signing of the Defense Cooperation Agreement between the U.S. and Papua New Guinea; it is a first-of-its-kind engagement between the U.S. Army and PNG, which mutually offers parties the a chance to exchange medical expertise and techniques in an austere environment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes/Released)

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