PACIFIC OCEAN (July 23, 2022) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) sails alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) and the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three 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 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alonzo Martin-Frazier)