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160727-N-MJ645-056 PACIFIC OCEAN – (July 27, 2016) - Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Jay-r Escalana connects rigging as the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) conducts a connected replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kasier (T-AO 187) during Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, 40 surface ships, five submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 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 Marcus L. Stanley/Released)
| Date Taken: | 07.27.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 08.04.2016 00:36 |
| Photo ID: | 2767491 |
| VIRIN: | 160727-N-MJ645-056 |
| Resolution: | 3280x4928 |
| Size: | 1.35 MB |
| Location: | PACIFIC OCEAN |
| Web Views: | 13 |
| Downloads: | 94 |
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