Keywords: Aerial view of ships moored at Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC 2016.JPG en An aerial view of ships moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Hawaii USA for 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 30 June to 4 August 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 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971 2016-07-01 160701-N-SI773-700 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 221434 U S Navy Combat Camera photo montage by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Ace Rheaume PD-USGov-Military-Navy RIMPAC 2016 2016 in Pearl Harbor |