PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Petty Officer 2nd Class Howard Resolme, a native of San Diego, California, serves aboard USS William P. Lawrence, a U.S. Navy warship operating out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 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 Isaiah Williams |
Resolme graduated from Morris High School in 2011.
The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in San Diego.
“I learned early on because of the traffic in San Diego that arriving on time is vital to success and that has served me well in the Navy,” said Resolme. "I now also realize that even though San Diego is big and has a lot to offer, there is so much more out there in the world."
Resolme joined the Navy 10 years ago. Today, Resolme serves as a logistics specialist.
“I joined the Navy to continue my education at San Diego State University, but then my daughter was born and my priorities changed,” said Resolme.
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.
Resolme plays an important role in the exercise.
“This is my second RIMPAC and meeting people from the navies of other countries is so great,” said Resolme. "We are on slightly different platforms and might reach our goals in different ways, but we are still doing the same job, and as we get to know each other we learn from each other. It's my job during RIMPAC to keep the logistics between the ships flowing smoothly."
Resolme 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 is more than a lifestyle,” said Resolme. "It has allowed me to take care of my family and taken me to places I would never have gone otherwise."
Resolme is grateful to others for helping make a Navy career possible.
“I would like to thank my mom, Delia, and my brother Neal, for raising me so well and teaching me that the world has so much to offer,” said Resolme. "I most want to thank my wife, Arianna, for raising our three children, often by herself. She holds things down at home and remains in love with me, and I couldn't be more grateful to have her in my life."
“My short-term goal is to get promoted to E-6 in less than 14 years,” added Resolme."I would like very much to buy my mother a home in Eastlake as a 'thank you' for all she has sacrificed. On a lighter note, I would finally like to get stationed at least once in San Diego."
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/