 Hi, my name is MC3Lavin and I'm here to talk about my experience at RIMPAC 2022. My overall experience at RIMPAC was amazing. I got to meet a lot of cool people, see a lot of cool things and stay in a hotel downtown Waikiki. You can't argue with that. But I didn't know what to really expect coming out to RIMPAC and with so many things going on with so many different countries, I knew that it was going to be a pretty full plate. I got to cover things from ships pulling into port to special forces repelling down helicopters, onto buildings and clearing compounds, to riding on a rib with the Australian Army and doing man overboard drills with them, as well as two photo exes as one being the group sale of every single ship that participated in this exercise. Another benefit to RIMPAC was all the people that I got to work with. I got to work with so many awesome people with so much knowledge that applies to our rate, whether it being from MCs to Canadian Army imagery technicians. Everyone just had so much knowledge to give and it was really cool just being able to work with them, seeing how they operate. I would absolutely recommend RIMPAC to other MCs just to showcase your skills, hone in your skills and then also being able to soak up as much knowledge as possible. I definitely enjoyed my time here at RIMPAC and a part of me is hoping that I can come back and see what's going on with RIMPAC 2024.