Keywords: USS Anchorage and HSM 14 participate in RIMPAC 2014 140712-N-DI719-206.jpg en Sailors prepare for flight operations with Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 aircraft aboard USS Anchorage LPD 23 during Rim of the Pacific RIMPAC Exercise 2014 Twenty-two nations more than 40 ships and submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise 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 Navy photo by Chief Mass Communications Specialist Elena Pence/Released 2014-07-12 Chief Petty Officer Elena Pence https //www dvidshub net/image/1448077 140712-N-DI719-206 2014-07-15 01 17 PACIFIC OCEAN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Anchorage LPD-23 RIMPAC 2014 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |