The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) approaches the USS Port Royal (CG 73) and the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Success (OR 304), July, 25, 2014, to conduct a simultaneous fuel and replenishment at sea during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 Exercise. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and six submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel participated in RIMPAC from June 26 to August 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 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.
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