160704-O-RB581-004 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 4, 2016) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force guided missile destroyer JS Chokai (DDG-176) showing full dress ship during a 4th of July fireworks celebration at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 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 that helps pa
160704-O-RB581-004 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 4, 2016) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force guided missile destroyer JS Chokai (DDG-176) showing full dress ship during a 4th of July fireworks celebration at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 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 that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationship that are 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. (Ryo Tanaka /Released)
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