PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Petty Officer 3rd Class Shyann Price, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, serves aboard USS Fitzgerald, a U.S. Navy warship operating out of San Diego, California, and participating in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in and around the Hawaiian Islands.
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| Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jerome Fjeld |
Price graduated from Woodland Hills High School in 2019.
The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Pittsburgh.
“My mother taught from an early age to be independent,” said Price. "I never wanted to have to depend on anyone else financially and now I know I never will."
Price joined the Navy four years ago. Today, Price serves as a fire controlman.
“I joined the Navy to assist me with college and also as a stepping stone for succeeding in life, as well as the travel,” said Price. "I am in school now for an associate’s degree in general education and then eventually a bachelor's in psychology."
As the world’s largest international maritime exercise, approximately 29 nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel will participate in RIMPAC 2024. This exercise provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring safety at sea and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 marks the 29th exercise in a series that began in 1971.
The theme of RIMPAC 2024 is “Partners: Integrated and Prepared.” The participating nations and forces 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, gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises, as well as amphibious, counter-piracy, mine clearance operations, explosive ordnance disposal and diving and salvage operations.
Price plays an important role in the exercise.
“My impression of RIMPAC is that it’s great to see all these nations come together for our wargames,” said Price. "I'm hopeful to get a chance to fire a live missile."
Price serves a Navy that operates far forward, around the world and around the clock, promoting the nation's prosperity and security.
“Serving in the Navy has allowed me to meet a lot of people I would otherwise not have known,” said Price. "I know these people will be my friends for life."
Price is grateful to others for helping make a Navy career possible.
“I would like to thank my mother, Leslie, for her unwavering support,” added Price. "I talk to her every day and she is actually coming to Hawaii to visit me during RIMPAC."
“I'm focused right now on getting my enlisted surface warfare specialist pin,” said Price."Once I do that, I can honestly say I've reached a milestone in my career."
Hosted by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, RIMPAC 2024 will be led by Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, Vice Adm. John Wade, who will serve as Combined Task Force (CTF) commander. For the first time in RIMPAC history, a member of the Chilean Navy, Commodore Alberto Guerrero, will serve as deputy commander of the CTF. Rear Adm. Kazushi Yokota of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will serve as vice commander. Other key leaders of the multinational force will include Commodore Kristjan Monaghan of Canada, who will command the maritime component, and Air Commodore Louise Desjardins of Australia, who will command the air component.
During RIMPAC, a network of capable, adaptive partners train and operate together in order to strengthen their collective forces and promote a free and open Indo-Pacific. RIMPAC 2024 contributes to the increased interoperability, 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.More information about RIMPAC is available here: https://www.cpf.navy.mil/RIMPAC/
The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Pittsburgh.
“My mother taught from an early age to be independent,” said Price. "I never wanted to have to depend on anyone else financially and now I know I never will."
Price joined the Navy four years ago. Today, Price serves as a fire controlman.
“I joined the Navy to assist me with college and also as a stepping stone for succeeding in life, as well as the travel,” said Price. "I am in school now for an associate’s degree in general education and then eventually a bachelor's in psychology."
As the world’s largest international maritime exercise, approximately 29 nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel will participate in RIMPAC 2024. This exercise provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring safety at sea and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 marks the 29th exercise in a series that began in 1971.
The theme of RIMPAC 2024 is “Partners: Integrated and Prepared.” The participating nations and forces 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, gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises, as well as amphibious, counter-piracy, mine clearance operations, explosive ordnance disposal and diving and salvage operations.
Price plays an important role in the exercise.
“My impression of RIMPAC is that it’s great to see all these nations come together for our wargames,” said Price. "I'm hopeful to get a chance to fire a live missile."
Price serves a Navy that operates far forward, around the world and around the clock, promoting the nation's prosperity and security.
“Serving in the Navy has allowed me to meet a lot of people I would otherwise not have known,” said Price. "I know these people will be my friends for life."
Price is grateful to others for helping make a Navy career possible.
“I would like to thank my mother, Leslie, for her unwavering support,” added Price. "I talk to her every day and she is actually coming to Hawaii to visit me during RIMPAC."
“I'm focused right now on getting my enlisted surface warfare specialist pin,” said Price."Once I do that, I can honestly say I've reached a milestone in my career."
Hosted by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, RIMPAC 2024 will be led by Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, Vice Adm. John Wade, who will serve as Combined Task Force (CTF) commander. For the first time in RIMPAC history, a member of the Chilean Navy, Commodore Alberto Guerrero, will serve as deputy commander of the CTF. Rear Adm. Kazushi Yokota of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will serve as vice commander. Other key leaders of the multinational force will include Commodore Kristjan Monaghan of Canada, who will command the maritime component, and Air Commodore Louise Desjardins of Australia, who will command the air component.
During RIMPAC, a network of capable, adaptive partners train and operate together in order to strengthen their collective forces and promote a free and open Indo-Pacific. RIMPAC 2024 contributes to the increased interoperability, 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.More information about RIMPAC is available here: https://www.cpf.navy.mil/RIMPAC/