Biggest Navy Exercise in a Generation Will Include 25,000 Personnel Across 7 Time Zones
Forty-two ships and submarines representing 15 international partner nations maneuver into a close formation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shannon Renfroe)
21 May 2021
Tens of thousands of sailors and Marines will participate in the biggest U.S. naval exercise in a generation to test how the services will fight across vast distances as they prepare for possible conflict with China or Russia.
Aircraft carriers, submarines, planes, unmanned vessels, and about 25,000 personnel will participate in Large Scale Exercise 2021, which will begin in late summer. The massive exercise will span seven time zones with sailors and Marines in the U.S., Africa, Europe and the Pacific joining.