160707-G-XD768-002 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 7, 2016) Crewmembers from the Coast Guard 14th District Response Advisory Team and crewmembers from Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 8 and 10, Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support group, prepare to practice loading and unloading a Coast Guard Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System container into a Royal Canadian air force CC-130J Super Hercules from 436th Transport Squadron based at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2016. Twenty-six nations, 49 ships, six submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25-0
160707-G-XD768-002 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 7, 2016) Crewmembers from the Coast Guard 14th District Response Advisory Team and crewmembers from Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 8 and 10, Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support group, prepare to practice loading and unloading a Coast Guard Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System container into a Royal Canadian air force CC-130J Super Hercules from 436th Transport Squadron based at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2016. Twenty-six nations, 49 ships, six submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25-000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 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 between participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. ( Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle/Released)
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