Title:Sri Lanka To Join World’s Largest Maritime Exercise For First Time

Twenty-six nations including Sri Lanka, will participate at the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the world's largest international maritime exercise, scheduled between June 27 to Aug. 2, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. This is the first time Sri Lanka is participating in RIMPAC.

包括斯里兰卡在内的26个国家将参加两年一度的太平洋会议，这是定于6月27日至8月2日在夏威夷群岛和加利福尼亚南部举行的世界上最大的国际海洋演习。这是斯里兰卡第一次参加区域海洋保护区网络。

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reported that 47 surface ships, five submarines, 18 national land forces, and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the exercise.

美国印巴太平洋司令部报告说，有47艘海面舰、5艘潜艇、18支国家陆军、200多架飞机和25,000人将参加这项演习。

As the world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity designed to foster and sustain cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's interconnected oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

作为世界上最大的国际海事演习，区域海洋和沿海区监测网提供了一次独特的培训机会，旨在促进和维持合作关系，这对于确保世界相互关联的海洋航道安全和安保至关重要。

The theme of RIMPAC 2018 is  "Capable, Adaptive, Partners."  Participating nations and forces will exercise a wide range of capabilities and demonstrate the inherent flexibility of maritime forces. These capabilities range from disaster relief and maritime security operations to sea control and complex warfighting. The relevant, realistic training program includes amphibious operations, gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises, as well as counter-piracy operations, mine clearance operations, explosive ordnance disposal, and diving and salvage operations.

参与国和部队将行使广泛的能力，展示海上力量的内在灵活性。这些能力从救灾和海上安全行动到海防和复杂的战斗。相关的、现实的培训方案包括两栖行动、炮兵、导弹、反潜艇和空防演习，以及反海盗行动、扫雷行动、爆炸物处理，以及潜水和救援行动。

This year's exercise includes forces from Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam.

今年的参加国包括澳大利亚、巴西、文莱、加拿大、智利、哥伦比亚、法国、德国、印度、印度尼西亚、以色列、日本、马来西亚、墨西哥、荷兰、新西兰、秘鲁、大韩民国、菲律宾共和国的部队，新加坡、斯里兰卡、泰国、汤加、联合王国、美国和越南。

This is the first time Brazil, Israel, Sri Lanka and Vietnam are participating in RIMPAC. Additional firsts include New Zealand serving as sea combat commander and Chile serving as combined force maritime component commander. This is the first time a non-founding RIMPAC nation (Chile) will hold a component commander leadership position. This year will also feature live firing of a Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a U.S. Air Force aircraft, surface to ship missiles by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) from a launcher on the back of a Palletized Load System (PLS) by the U.S. Army. This marks the first time a land based unit will participate in the live fire event during RIMPAC. RIMPAC 18 will also include international band engagements and highlight fleet innovation during an Innovation Fair.

这是巴西、以色列、斯里兰卡和越南第一次参加加勒比海区域海洋行动计划，新西兰担任海战指挥官，智利担任部队海事部门联合指挥官。

Additionally, for the first time since RIMPAC 2002, U.S. 3rd Fleet's Command Center will relocate from San Diego to Pearl Harbor to support command and control of all 3rd Fleet forces in 3rd Fleet's area of responsibility to include forces operating forward in the Western Pacific. The Fleet Command Center will be established at a deployable joint command and control on Hospital Point for the first part of the exercise and then transition to USS Portland (LPD 27) for the remainder of the exercise.

Hosted by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, RIMPAC 2018 will be led by Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, Vice Adm. John D. Alexander, who will serve as combined task force (CTF) commander. Royal Canadian Navy Rear Adm. Bob Auchterlonie will serve as CTF deputy commander, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Hideyuki Oban as CTF vice commander. Fleet Marine Force will be led by U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Mark Hashimoto. Other key leaders of the multinational force will include Commodore Pablo Niemann of Armada de Chile, who will command the maritime component, and Air Commodore Craig Heap of the Royal Australian Air Force, who will command the air component.

由美国太平洋舰队司令(U.S. Pacific Flet)带领的RIMPAC2018年将由美国第三舰队司令(John D. Alexander)副队长John D. Alexander率领，他将担任联合工作队指挥官。鲍勃·奥赫特罗尼将担任反恐部队副司令，日本海上自卫队后盾阿德·希德尤基·奥班担任反恐部队副司令，舰队将由美国海军陆战队布里克·哈希莫托将军领导。多国部队的其他关键领导人包括将指挥海事部分的智利 Armada de 智利空军 Pablo Niemann 司令和将指挥空军的澳大利亚皇家空军空军的空军 Craig Heap 空军司令 。

This robust constellation of allies and partners support sustained and favorable regional balances of power that safeguard security, prosperity and the free and open international order. RIMPAC 2018 contributes to the increased lethality, resiliency and agility needed by the joint and combined force to deter and defeat aggression by major powers across all domains and levels of conflict.

这一强大的同盟国和伙伴国支持维护安全、繁荣和自由、开放的国际秩序的持续、有利的地区权力平衡。