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Unit/Organization Information
  • RIMPAC 2018
  • 5th Fleet
Location
Coin Location: 304F6
Homebase: Whidbey Island, Washington
Deployment: Hawaii
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 3 October 2018
Donated by: PO1 Alex Abel
Copies: 1 of 1

C006024

Location: 304F6

Coin: Unit - Deployment

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Surfboard shaped coin, brass in color, 1 1/2 inches high x 4 1/4 inches wide.

Exercise Rim of the Pacific, 2018 (RIMPAC-2018)

Held every two years by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), and executed by Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet (C3F), RIMPAC is a multinational maritime exercise that takes place in and around the Hawaiian Islands. 2918 RIMPAC exercise was the 25th in the series and ran from 28 June through 2 August 2018. Twenty-six nations, 45 surface ships, five submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel participated in the 2018 exercise. Participants included units or personnel from Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, People’s Republic of China, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the United States.