Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - Sailors debrief after the launching..jpg PACIFIC OCEAN July 24 2012 Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Patrick Castillo from Sacramento Calif left Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Jeremy Villa from Huntsville Ala and Chief Aviation Machinist ™s Mate Michele McGauran from San Diego all assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron VFA 147 debrief after the launching of their aircraft from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz CVN 68 Nimitz is underway participating in Rim of the Pacific RIMPAC 2012 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 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael D Cole/Released 120724-N-CV785-001 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/7650048822/ Sailors debrief after the launching 2012-07-24 14 11 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America MC2 Michael D Cole/U S Navy U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/7650048822 2012-11-12 18 54 24 cc-by-2 0 Images from United States Navy to check United States Navy images Strike Fighter Squadron 147 United States Navy |