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Video by Lance Cpl. Taylor Von Sanders-Frazer

RIMPAC Improvement Projects: Korean pagoda installed on MCBH

Marine Corps Base Hawaii

July 8, 2024 | 0:41

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, U.S. Sailors with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 18, and the Republic of Korea Seabees with NCMB 2 team up to build a traditional Korean pagoda, a gift to Marine Corps Base Hawaii, at the MCBH Marina to demonstrate the value of maritime partners, MCBH, July 8, 2024. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. 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 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971.