160711-N-152 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 11,

160711-N-152 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 11, 2016) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) perform duties as line handlers as the French Navy Floreal-class frigate FS Prairial (F 731) prepares to get underway from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate in the international maritime exercise Rim of the Pacific 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 Jamie Hawkins/Released)

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