Royal New Zealand army Pvt. Jared Walch (left), assigned to the 1st Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (1RNZIR), and Cpl. Will Salikin, assigned to the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3PPCLI), test their portable radios in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) before a training exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships and six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to Aug. 1 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. Th
Royal New Zealand army Pvt. Jared Walch (left), assigned to the 1st Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (1RNZIR), and Cpl. Will Salikin, assigned to the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3PPCLI), test their portable radios in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) before a training exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships and six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to Aug. 1 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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