Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - ustralian marines sleep alongside USS Essex..jpg PEARL HARBOR July 6 2012 Australian marines sleep alongside the amphibious assault ship USS Essex LHD 2 before training evolutions with Kingdom of Tonga Indonesian and U S Marines and Canadian soldiers Twenty-two nations more than 40 ships and submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel are participating in 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 Eric Crosby/Released 120706-N-SS993-067 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/7542980164/ ustralian marines sleep alongside USS Essex 2012-07-06 09 30 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America MC2 SW/AW Eric Crosby/U S Navy U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/7542980164 2012-11-13 00 16 00 cc-by-2 0 Images from United States Navy to check |