USS Coronado (LCS 4) conducts air operations during RIMPAC 2016 [Image 186 of 867]

PACIFIC OCEAN

07.26.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michaela Garrison 

U.S. Navy           

160726-N-MW990-023 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2016) Chief Boatswain’s Mate Jed May, stationed aboard littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4), directs an MH-60 helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combatant Squadron 23, as it departs for operations 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Michaela Garrison/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.26.2016
• Date Posted: 08.04.2016 00:13
• Photo ID: 2766348
• VIRIN: 160726-N-MW990-023
• Resolution: 4009x2668
• Size: 663.02 KB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN