Keywords: USS San Diego conducts an amphibious assault exercise during Rim of the Pacific 2016. (28666787856).jpg MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII July 30 2016 A landing craft air cushion passes amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego LPD 22 while conducting an amphibious assault exercise 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 relationship 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 Katarzyna Kobiljak 160730-N-YW024-481 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/28666787856/ USS San Diego conducts an amphibious assault exercise during Rim of the Pacific 2016 2016-07-29 00 00 https //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official U S Navy Page from United States of America Petty Officer 2nd Class Katarzyna Kobiljak/Commander U S 3rd Fleet Attribution License IPTC Caption-Abstract U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery https //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/28666787856 2016-08-01 17 31 03 cc-by-2 0 160730-N-YW024-481 Navy Files from the U S Navy Flickr stream General views of USS San Diego LPD-22 LCAC-40 ship 1991 Photographs taken on 2016-07-30 RIMPAC 2016 Taken with Nikon D4 |