PLAN invited to participate in RIMPAC for first the time (2014)

bd popeye · Jun 27, 2014

I'm very disappointed that the USN did not have any photos of the PLAN ships arrival in Hawaii posted on their photo gallery....very disappointed.

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (June 25, 2014) The Indonesian navy landing platform dock ship KRI Banda Aceh (LPD 593) transits to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in preparation for the ship's participation in the 2014 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian T. Glunt /Released)

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PEARL HARBOR (June 24, 2014) Republic of Singapore frigate RSS Intrepid (F 69) moors to the pier at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tiarra Fulgham/Unreleased)

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PEARL HARBOR (June 24, 2014) Sailors help moor the Republic of Singapore frigate RSS Intrepid (F 69) after its arrival to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 exercise. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tiarra Fulgham/Released)

Blackstone · Jun 27, 2014

I'm sure Pearl officials would post PLAN pictures soon, it's too good an opportunity for some positive PR and military-military relations to miss.

bd popeye · Jun 27, 2014

Blackstone said:
I'm sure Pearl officials would post PLAN pictures soon, it's too good an opportunity for some positive PR and military-military relations to miss.

It was not up to the commanders at Pearl. The web site navy.mil is run by this office...

Chief of Information
Attn: US Navy
1200 Navy Pentagon
Washington DC 20350-1200

Photos are submitted to them. Next an officer in a position of authority over the photos makes the decision which photos to publish...Today the USN posted approximately 80 new photos. About 20 of those are RIMPAC. But yet ZERO photos of the PLAN ships. I'm very disappointed.

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I believe that is an PLAN ship moored next to Mercy.

PEARL HARBOR (June 25, 2014) USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in preparation for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 exercise. RIMPAC, the world's largest international maritime exercise, provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. This year's RIMPAC exercise, the 24th in the series that began in 1971, is scheduled to contain twenty-two nations, 48 surface ships, 6 submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel. Units from Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Columbia, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the People's Republic of China, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the United States are scheduled to participate. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tiarra Fulgham/Released)

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PEARL HARBOR (June 24, 2014) The Royal Brunei Navy's patrol vessel KBD Darulaman (OPV 08) prepares to moor at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Darulaman is scheduled to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Johans Chavarro/Unreleased)

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PEARL HARBOR (June 25, 2014) The Chilean Navy frigate CNS Blanco Encalada (FF-15) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in preparation for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tiarra Fulgham/Released)

Jeff Head · Jun 27, 2014

Here's some more pictures from RIMPAC 2014...they are on Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!
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Chilean Frigate docked at Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC 2014

USS Ronald Reagan, CVN-76, passes USS Missouri Museum and USS Arizona Memorial

Chinese Navy (PLAN) guided-missile Destroyer docked at Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC 2014

Chinese Navy (PLAN) guided-missile Frigate docked at Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC 2014

South Korean Navy submarine arrives at Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC 2014

Chinese AOR, Qiandaohu (866) passes Chinese hospital ship, Peace Ark, in Pearl Harbor at RIMPAC 2014

I have 60 photos there already...and will be getting a LOT more. Trying to show all of the participants

asif iqbal · Jun 27, 2014

Here's a keeper guys we have seen so many "firsts"

JMSDF and PLAN ships in a single shot

It's Hyuga Class LHD 182 with Type 052C 171

bd popeye · Jun 27, 2014

Great job finding those photos Jeff!..Excellent selection..and that goes for everyone that finds these photos! Great job!

Blackstone · Jun 27, 2014

bd popeye said:
I'm very disappointed that the USN did not have any photos of the PLAN ships arrival in Hawaii posted on their photo gallery....very disappointed.

Hopefully, it's just an oversight. I can't fathom the navy intentionally snubbing the PLAN at an invited event. Are you sure the Japanese Navy isn't in charge of distributing pictures?

Janiz · Jun 27, 2014

Blackstone said:
Hopefully, it's just an oversight. I can't fathom the navy intentionally snubbing the PLAN at an invited event. Are you sure the Japanese Navy isn't in charge of distributing pictures?

Nah, Japanese don't have problem with publishing photos of PLAN ships on a daily basis and they have got more of it than any other country around the world (excluding USA) so that's not the case

btw: they're probably more concerned about the joint drill with US Navy at the time of RIMPAC off Guam where they will send like 6 or 7 ships rather than 'internationally' established ships like Ise or Kirishima.

Blackstone · Jun 27, 2014

Janiz said:
Nah, Japanese don't have problem with publishing photos of PLAN ships on a daily basis and they have got more of it than any other country around the world (excluding USA) so that's not the case btw: they're probably more concerned about the joint drill with US Navy at the time of RIMPAC off Guam where they will send like 6 or 7 ships rather than 'internationally' established ships like Ise or Kirishima.

Seeing how RIMPAC is off Hawaii, I fully expected Japan to send the Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu, Soryu, Shokaku, and Zuikaku.

Jeff Head · Jun 27, 2014

asif iqbal said:
Here's a keeper guys we have seen so many "firsts"

JMSDF and PLAN ships in a single shot

It's Hyuga Class LHD 182 with Type 052C 171

Now THAT is an impressive pic.

Outside of these types of exercises...those two vessels would never be within many, many miles of each other.

Perhaps the crews and officers will get a chance to meet one another, and to come to knpow one another as professionals in some of the extra-curricula activities that are occurring there in Honolulu. Maybe not...but it would be nice to think they will have at least the chance to do so.

PLAN invited to participate in RIMPAC for first the time (2014)

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