Members of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) soccer team shake hands with opponents from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hyuga class helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) after a friendly match. Both ships are currently in Hawaii for Rim of the Pacific 2014 excercise. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster
Members of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) soccer team shake hands with opponents from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hyuga class helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) after a friendly match. Both ships are currently in Hawaii for Rim of the Pacific 2014 excercise. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. 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 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James D. Mullen/ Released) Sailors with a soccer team assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) shake hands with Japanese sailors assigned to the helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) at Joint Base Pearl 140628-N-ON707-140
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