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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus (center) stands with (from left) Vice Adm. Gerald R. Beaman, commander, U.S. Third Fleet; Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Jonathan Greenert; Royal Australian Navy Commodore, Stephen P. Woodall; Rear Adm. Tim Barrett, commander, Australian Fleet; Adm. Cecil Haney, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Vice Adm. Philip Hart Cullom, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during the Great Green Fleet Demonstration as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012. Nimitz is currently underway participating in RIMPAC. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in the RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. 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 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971.
| Date Taken: | 07.18.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 07.19.2012 21:49 |
| Photo ID: | 628585 |
| VIRIN: | 120718-N-RU628-398 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1500 |
| Size: | 482.02 KB |
| Location: | USS NIMITZ (CVN 68), HAWAII, US |
| Web Views: | 44 |
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