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U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Anthony Pinto oversees the fueling of a Peruvian SH-3, attached to BAP Pisco, during flight operations aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2026, July 26, 2026. Thirty nations, 30 ships, five submarines, 15 national land forces, more than 190 aircraft and more than 30,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 24 to July 31. 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 2026 is the 30th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Ivan A. Garcia)

Sri Lanka

U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Messenger, deputy commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7, gives opening remarks at the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Sri Lanka 2026 opening ceremony in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, July 27, 2026. This year marks the 32nd iteration of CARAT, a multinational exercise series designed to enhance U.S. and partner navies' abilities to operate together in response to shared maritime security challenges in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communications Specialist Mike Wright)

PHILIPPINE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32), second from right, sails in formation with Philippine Coast Guard Parola-class patrol vessel BRP Malabrigo (MRRV 4402), right, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces Murasame-class destroyer JS Yudachi (DD 103), second from left, and Jose Rizal-class guided-missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FFG 15), left, during the Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) in the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, July 24, 2026. The U.S Navy routinely operates with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and partners and allies through MCAs to continually develop, exercise and enhance multi-domain tactical interoperability to uphold peace and security in the region. USS Santa Barbara is on a rotational deployment to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caylen McCutcheon)

PHILIPPINE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32), second from front, sails in formation with Philippine Coast Guard Parola-class patrol vessel BRP Malabrigo (MRRV 4402), front, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces Murasame-class destroyer JS Yudachi (DD 103), third from front, and Jose Rizal-class guided-missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FFG 15), back, during the Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) in the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, July 24, 2026. The U.S Navy routinely operates with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and partners and allies through MCAs to continually develop, exercise and enhance multi-domain tactical interoperability to uphold peace and security in the region. USS Santa Barbara is on a rotational deployment to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caylen McCutcheon)

PHILIPPINE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) steams in the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone during the Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA), July 24, 2026. The U.S Navy routinely operates with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and partners and allies through MCAs to continually develop, exercise and enhance multi-domain tactical interoperability to uphold peace and security in the region. USS Santa Barbara is on a rotational deployment to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caylen McCutcheon)

PHILIPPINE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32), second from right, sails in formation with Philippine Coast Guard Parola-class patrol vessel BRP Malabrigo (MRRV 4402), right, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces Murasame-class destroyer JS Yudachi (DD 103), second from left, and Jose Rizal-class guided-missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FFG 15), right, during the Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) in the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, July 24, 2026. The U.S Navy routinely operates with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and partners and allies through MCAs to continually develop, exercise and enhance multi-domain tactical interoperability to uphold peace and security in the region. USS Santa Barbara is on a rotational deployment to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caylen McCutcheon)

PHILIPPINE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32), second from left, sails in formation with Philippine Coast Guard Parola-class patrol vessel BRP Malabrigo (MRRV 4402), right, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces Murasame-class destroyer JS Yudachi (DD 103), second from right, and Jose Rizal-class guided-missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FFG 15), left, during the Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) in the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, July 24, 2026. The U.S Navy routinely operates with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and partners and allies through MCAs to continually develop, exercise and enhance multi-domain tactical interoperability to uphold peace and security in the region. USS Santa Barbara is on a rotational deployment to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caylen McCutcheon)

SOUTH CHINA SEA

Sailors conduct flight operations on the flight deck aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the South China Sea, July 23, 2026. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. George Washington is the U.S. Navy’s premiere forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific, while operating alongside allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Juan Cordova)

PACIFIC OCEAN

Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) participates in a group sail July 22, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2026. Thirty nations, 30 ships, five submarines, 15 national land forces, more than 190 aircraft and more than 30,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 24 to July 31. 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 2026 is the 30th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron Haro Gonzalez)

PACIFIC OCEAN

Republic of Korea Navy attack submarine Dosan Ahn Changho (SS-038) participates in a group sail July 22, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2026. Thirty nations, 30 ships, five submarines, 15 national land forces, more than 190 aircraft and more than 30,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 24 to July 31. 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 2026 is the 30th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron Haro Gonzalez)

PACIFIC OCEAN

Two U.S. Army AH-64 Apaches, with the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division (Multi-Domain Command - Pacific), participate in a sinking exercise, where each aircraft fired a Spike missile at decommissioned Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), for the purpose of at-sea live-fire training during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) off the coast of Hawaii, July 11, 2026. Over three decades of service, Mobile Bay supported Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and delivered humanitarian assistance following the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines. Thirty nations, 30 ships, five submarines, 15 national land forces, more than 190 aircraft and more than 30,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 24 to July 31. 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 2026 is the 30th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christian Morton)

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