USS Stockdale conducts at sea operations during RIMPAC [Image 1 of 2]

PACIFIC OCEAN

07.21.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Cox 

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

160721-N-KM939-051:
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 21, 2016) - Command Master Chief Kevin White, from Monroe, North Carolina, helps Sailors pull a pallet from a replenishment station aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) during a replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) for Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, 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 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.21.2016
• Date Posted: 07.22.2016 19:29
• Photo ID: 2739178
• VIRIN: 160721-N-KM939-051
• Resolution: 4267x2840
• Size: 868.91 KB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN
• Hometown: MONROE, NC, US