180706-N-OW019-1012 SAN DIEGO (July 6, 2018) Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Aultman, right, and Logistics Specialist Seaman Osberto Garcia, both assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), haul down the ensign after pulling away from the pier at Naval Base San Diego in preparation for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in Hawaii, July 6, 2018. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s larges
180706-N-OW019-1012 SAN DIEGO (July 6, 2018) Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Aultman, right, and Logistics Specialist Seaman Osberto Garcia, both assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), haul down the ensign after pulling away from the pier at Naval Base San Diego in preparation for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in Hawaii, July 6, 2018. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands 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 of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Logan C. Kellums)
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