USS Fitzgerald, FS Bretagne Hold VBSS Exercise During RIMPAC 2024

Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) board the French Navy Frigate FS Bretagne (D655) during a simulated visit, board, search, and seizure exercise as a part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 15. 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 Jordan Jennings)