180711-G-ZV557-1029 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 11, 2018) The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) hosts visitors from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer helicopter ship JS Ise (DDH 182) July 11, approximately 15 miles southwest of Oahu, Hawaii, during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise July 11. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships and five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Island and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a
180711-G-ZV557-1029 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 11, 2018) The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) hosts visitors from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer helicopter ship JS Ise (DDH 182) July 11, approximately 15 miles southwest of Oahu, Hawaii, during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise July 11. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships and five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Island and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. ( Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert/Released)
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