Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Oliverjay Espina and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Samina Henry signal a MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14, as it lands on the flight deck of USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to Aug. 1 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Oliverjay Espina and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Samina Henry signal a MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14, as it lands on the flight deck of USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to Aug. 1 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 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. ( Navy photo by Chief Mass Communications Specialist Elena Pence/Released) USS Anchorage departs for RIMPAC, San Diego 140710-N-DI719-185
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