PEARL HARBOR—A 2015 Still Rock High School graduate and Pittsburgh native is serving in the U.S. Navy and is participating in the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise, the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC).
Fireman Maliq Hazlip is a machinist’s mate aboard USS William P. Lawrence, currently operating out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
A Navy machinist’s mate is responsible for auxiliary equipment, AC units and providing water aboard the ship.
“I’m looking forward to live fire exercises, formation steaming and the other elements of the exercise,” said Hazlip.
According to Navy officials, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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