Large-Scale Pacific Maritime Exercises Get Green Light, Despite Pandemic

International navy ships perform a controlled breakaway during a photo exercise off the coast of Hawaii for the Rim of Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2018, on July 26, 2018. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan M. Kinee/Released

The world’s largest maritime exercises have been given the green light again this year despite the CCP virus pandemic, but will be pushed later into the summer with a compressed time frame.

Sailors involved in the RIMPAC exercises will also not be heading ashore for free time in Hawaii, with the biennial exercises this year limited to an at-sea-only event, according to the U.S. Navy.