Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - A Sailor maintains control of a hoist..jpg PACIFIC OCEAN July 29 2012 Naval Aircrewman 2nd Class Dusty Bartell assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron HSC 4 maintains control of a hoist cable while lowering priority repair parts to the Royal Navy submarine HMCS Victoria SSK 876 during a Rim of the Pacific RIMPAC 2012 exercise Twenty-two nations more than 40 ships and submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel are participating in the biennial Rim of the Pacific 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 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Derek R Sanchez/Released 120729-N-PF210-416 Join the conversation http //www facebook com/USNavy www facebook com/USNavy http //www twitter com/USNavy www twitter com/USNavy http //navylive dodlive mil navylive dodlive mil http //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/7691039168/ A Sailor maintains control of a hoist 2012-07-29 15 39 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class SW/EXW Derek R Sanchez/U S Navy U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/7691039168 2012-11-12 20 10 54 cc-by-2 0 Images from United States Navy to check |