6 ASEAN countries will participate in the world's largest maritime exercise

In a statement from the US Navy on May 31, 6 ASEAN countries participated in this 28th maritime exercise including Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. In addition, there is the participation of important US allies from around the world with a total of about 25,000 troops, 38 surface ships, 4 submarines and more than 170 aircraft from 26 countries.

Indonesian Navy announces RIMPAC 2022 exercise. Source: Indonesian Navy

The Commander of the Indonesian Military Command I, Marine Colonel Daru Cahyo Sumirat, said that Rim of the Pacific is the world's largest naval exercise organized by the US Navy with the participation of navies from countries in the Indo-Pacific region and even observers from European countries.

The Indonesian Navy has been actively participating in this exercise since 2006 and this is the 7th time Indonesia has participated in this exercise. The Indonesian Navy will send the warship KRI I Gusti Ngurah Rai 332, a platoon of marines and 3 operational personnel to participate in this activity. The Indonesian Navy's participation in the Rim of the Pacific exercise is part of the cooperation program between the Indonesian Navy and the US Navy to improve professionalism, enhance the role of the navy and strengthen cooperation and foreign relations.

The Rim of the Pacific Exercise began in 1971 and is held every two years by the US Navy to improve combat capabilities and deploy allied forces; strengthen joint response capabilities to threats and protect maritime traffic between countries in the Pacific Ocean./.