180703-N-JY822-1028 KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (July 3, 2018) — Royal Canadian Air Force members, attached to Aurora Deployable Mission Support Centre, set up tents on Marine Corps Base Hawaii for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise. Twenty-six 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
180703-N-JY822-1028 KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (July 3, 2018) — Royal Canadian Air Force members, attached to Aurora Deployable Mission Support Centre, set up tents on Marine Corps Base Hawaii for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise. Twenty-six 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 Yeoman 2nd Class Breanna Ancheta/Released)
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