Keywords: USS Coronado (LCS 4) and the People's Liberation Army (Navy) guided-missile destroyer Xian transit in formation. (28020415673).jpg  PACIFIC OCEAN July 28 2016 The littoral combat ship USS Coronado LCS 4 and the People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer Xian 153 transit in formation during Rim of the Pacific RIMPAC 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 2nd Class Ryan J Batchelder/Released 160728-N-EH218-085 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/28020415673/ USS Coronado LCS 4 and the People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer Xian transit in formation 2016-07-28 14 59 https //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official U S Navy Page from United States of America MC2 Ryan J Batchelder/U S Navy Attribution License IPTC Caption-Abstract U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery https //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/28020415673 2016-07-30 18 11 16 cc-by-2 0 160728-N-EH218-085 Navy Files from the U S Navy Flickr stream PLANS Xi'an DDG-153 Photographs taken on 2016-07-28 RIMPAC 2016 Taken with Nikon D4 USS Coronado LCS-4 |