Keywords: John C. Stennis Strike Group Flight Operations (28666788146).jpg PACIFIC OCEAN July 29 2016 Two F/A-18 Hornets take off from the aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis CVN 74 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 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 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jason Noble/Released 160729-N-OL837-102 Join the conversation http //www navy mil/viewGallery asp www navy mil/viewGallery asp 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 //pinterest com pinterest com https //plus google com plus google com https //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/28666788146/ John C Stennis Strike Group Flight Operations 2016-07-29 18 47 https //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official U S Navy Page from United States of America MC1 Jason Noble/USS Princeton CG 59 Attribution License IPTC Caption-Abstract U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery https //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/28666788146 2016-08-01 17 50 38 cc-by-2 0 160729-N-OL837-102 Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft carrier launches Files from the U S Navy Flickr stream Photographs taken on 2016-07-29 RIMPAC 2016 Taken with Nikon D4 USS John C Stennis CVN-74 flight deck |