180702-M-KC456-1182 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 2, 2018) Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion and Australian soldiers with 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, load a combat rubber raiding craft onto a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during amphibious operations as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise on Marine Corps Base Hawaii July 2, 2018. RIMPAC provides high-value training for task organized, highly-capable Marine Air-Ground Task Force and enhances the critical crisis response capability of Marines in the Pacific. Twenty-Five nations, more than 45 ships and
180702-M-KC456-1182 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 2, 2018) Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion and Australian soldiers with 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, load a combat rubber raiding craft onto a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during amphibious operations as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise on Marine Corps Base Hawaii July 2, 2018. RIMPAC provides high-value training for task organized, highly-capable Marine Air-Ground Task Force and enhances the critical crisis response capability of Marines in the Pacific. Twenty-Five nations, more than 45 ships and 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. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas P. Miller)
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