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Package of Australian sailors from HMAS Kanimbla (LCCH 51) leading Marines from the United States, Australia, Indonesia, and Canada in physical training during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010. The marines from the four countries will depart on Kanimbla to take part in RIMPAC. RIMPAC is a biennial international military exercise involving naval units from 14 countries and is designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve multinational interoperability. This year marks the 22nd occurrence of the exercise. Produced by Petty Officer 2nd Class Corey Traux. Also available in high definition.

The Rim of the Pacific exercise provides unique training opportunities for participants from across the military services. Master Sergeant Ryan Kruse reports on how Marines are taking advantage of RIMPAC by getting their hands on experimental gear designed to make their job a little easier and help keep them alive. Includes soundbites from Lance Cpl. Steven Barringer, team leader, Ruel Faruque, engineer, TORC Robotics, and PO3 (HM3) Justin Pierce, hospital corpsman.

In Today's Pacific Newsbreak, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook speaks about RIMPAC 2016, and a bilateral concert brings music to the Japanese community.

Ships set sail for Rim of the Pacific 2016 and Soldiers train on a crucial element of battlefield survival.

In this Pacific Newsbreak, U.S. Navy Seabees build more than partnerships during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training in Indonesia, and RIMPAC 2016 wraps up.

COVID-19 has reshaped the world and RIMPAC ’20 wasn’t immune, but it did in some ways enhance the way the participants conducted the operations.

On this Defence Connect podcast, host Phil Tarrant is joined by Captain Phillipa Hay, RAN, to discuss the ongoing transformation of the Royal Australian Navy and the role interoperability plays in enhancing collective security in the Indo-Pacific.

CAPT Hay and Tarrant discuss the latest round of RIMPAC exercises, of which CAPT Hay was the first Australian woman appointed to command a task force in the 49-year history of Exercise Rim of the Pacific.

The two discuss the growing levels of interoperability and capability aggregation developing between Australia and its Indo-Pacific partners and the role they play in supporting the government’s initiative of a “free and open” Indo-Pacific.

CAPT Hay and Tarrant also discuss the complexities of managing and conducting the world’s largest maritime warfare exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic and the agility with which all partners improvised, adapted and overcame the challenges.

Enjoy the podcast,

The Defence Connect team