Keywords: Air assault, RIMPAC 2014 140726-N-WX378-086.jpg en Marines assigned to the 3rd Battalion 3rd Marine Regiment board a CH-53E Super Sea Stallion helicopter assigned to Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron 463 HMH-463 on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu LHA 5 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 Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bryan M Ilyankoff/Released 2014-07-26 Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Ilyankoff https //www dvidshub net/image/1470133 140726-N-WX378-086 2014-07-29 00 36 PACIFIC OCEAN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Peleliu LHA-5 RIMPAC 2014 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |