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USS Lake Champlain plays HMAS Success during RIMPAC 2018 Basketball Tournament
Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet
June 28, 2018 | 0:37
180628-N-ML155-0066 PEARL HARBOR (June 28, 2018) Sailors assigned to guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) compete with sailors from Royal Australian Navy multi-product replenishment oiler HMAS Success (OR 304) during a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise basketball tournament. Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 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 of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971.(U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel L. Zink)
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