MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 12, 2016)--U.S. Navy

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 12, 2016)--U.S. Navy Sailors with Beach Landing Unit 5, Detachment Delta, set up their station prior to a Landing Craft Air Cushion loading exercise at Landing Zone Westfield aboard Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, July 12th, 2016. The LCACs assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5 are transporting U.S. Marine Corps equipment to USS San Diego so that it may be shipped to Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, in support of Provisional Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Hawaii. Twenty-six nations, 49 ships, six submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC 16 from June 29 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 while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships between participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 16 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Aaron S. Patterson)