180706-O-N0842-2030 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 6, 2018) Competitors of a sailboat regatta held at the Pearl Harbor Yacht Club in Hawaii retrieve the Australian flag from the sail mast on July 6, 2018 during the RIMPAC 2018 exercise. 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 a
180706-O-N0842-2030 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 6, 2018) Competitors of a sailboat regatta held at the Pearl Harbor Yacht Club in Hawaii retrieve the Australian flag from the sail mast on July 6, 2018 during the RIMPAC 2018 exercise. 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. (Photo By Corporal Trevor Matheson, Canadian Armed Forces Imagery Technician)
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