180727-G-ZV557-1067 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 27, 2018) Seamen Colton Boag, left, and Carlee Chatron, assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) monitor the fuel hose from the Royal Australian Navy multi-product replenishment oiler HMAS Success (OR 304) July 27, during a refueling operation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships and five submarines, and 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 e
180727-G-ZV557-1067 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 27, 2018) Seamen Colton Boag, left, and Carlee Chatron, assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) monitor the fuel hose from the Royal Australian Navy multi-product replenishment oiler HMAS Success (OR 304) July 27, during a refueling operation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships and five submarines, and 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. ( Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert/Released)
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