160728-N-MX772-100 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 28, 2016) Sailors are seen on the bows of the Royal Australian Navy Canberra class amphibious ship HMAS Canberra (L02), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung Hoon (DDG 93) as they steam alongside the Republic of Indonesia Navy Diponegoro-class corvette KRI Diponegoro (365) after participating in a photo exercise of 40 ships and submarines participating in Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug.
160728-N-MX772-100 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 28, 2016) Sailors are seen on the bows of the Royal Australian Navy Canberra class amphibious ship HMAS Canberra (L02), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung Hoon (DDG 93) as they steam alongside the Republic of Indonesia Navy Diponegoro-class corvette KRI Diponegoro (365) after participating in a photo exercise of 40 ships and submarines participating in Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, 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 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Siobhana R. McEwen/Released)
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