Keywords: Sea Smoke on the Seashore (14899325042).jpg A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter flies ahead of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu LHA-5 after conducting helocast operations at Pyramid Rock Beach Marine Corps Base Hawaii The helocast was part of a final amphibious assault during Rim of the Pacific RIMPAC Exercise 2014 Twenty-two nations 49 ships and six submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to Aug 1 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 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971 U S Marine Corps photo by Cpl Matthew Callahan/Released https //www flickr com/photos/marine_corps/14899325042/ Sea Smoke on the Seashore 2014-07-29 08 39 https //www flickr com/people/40927340 N03 Marines from Arlington VA United States PD-USGov United States Marine Corps Official Page https //flickr com/photos/40927340 N03/14899325042 2016-09-03 21 56 11 United States Government Work Marine Corps Base Hawaii RIMPAC RIMPAC 2014 Amphibious forces |