Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - Marines disembark a Landing Craft Air Cushion..jpg WAIMANALO Hawaii July 28 2012 Marines from the amphibious assault ship USS Essex LHD 2 disembark Landing Craft Air Cushion LCAC 24 at Bellows Air Force Station during the Rim of the Pacific RIMPAC exercise 2012 LCAC-24 is assigned to Assault Craft Unit ACU 5 Twenty-two nations more than 40 ships and submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel are participating in the biennial RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug 3 in and around the Hawaiian Islands 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 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released 120728-N-RI884-488 Join the conversation http //www facebook com/USNavy www facebook com/USNavy http //www twitter com/USNavy www twitter com/USNavy http //navylive dodlive mil navylive dodlive mil http //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/7691040326/ Marines disembark a Landing Craft Air Cushion 2012-07-28 13 54 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America MC2 Daniel Barker/U S Navy U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/7691040326 2012-11-12 13 52 36 cc-by-2 0 Images from United States Navy to check LCAC-24 ship 1990 |