160714-N-MV764-001 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 14, 2016) A Chinese navy sailor aboard Chinese navy multirole frigate Hengshui (572) maintains visual contact of a target while participating in a visit, board, search and seizure exercise between China, Indonesia, France and the United States, during 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. (Chinese navy photo by Xingjian Zeng)
Date Taken: | 07.15.2016 |
Date Posted: | 07.16.2016 15:31 |
Photo ID: | 2725606 |
VIRIN: | 160714-N-MV764-001 |
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Location: | PACIFIC OCEAN |
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