180628-N-TZ020-0280 PEARL HARBOR (June 28, 2018) Team

180628-N-TZ020-0280 PEARL HARBOR (June 28, 2018) Team Coaches, Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Mathew Hamilton (left), assigned to guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Beattle assigned to aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), pose with their teams’ award from the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018 championship softball game, June 28. Carl Vinson won, 21–2. Twenty-five nations, more than 45 ships and submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Darienne Slack)