Flexing our #NavyPartnerships 💪 ⚓ 📍 PACIFIC OCEAN – Multinational partners conducted a multi-domain sinking exercise (SINKEX) in the Hawaiian Islands operating area as part of exercise #RIMPAC2022 Friday, July 22. Read the story here: https://go.usa.gov/xSQ2U | U.S. Navy

Sunk! #RIMPAC2022 military forces fired upon and sunk the decommissioned ex-USS Denver (LPD 9), during a sinking exercise (SINKEX) to gain proficiency in tactics, targeting and live firing against a surface target at sea. SINKEX vessels are put through a certified cleaning process, including removing all environmentally harmful material including trash, floatable material, mercury, fluorocarbon and petroleum. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 perso