Keywords: HMAS Ballarat arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for RIMPAC 2016.jpg en 160628-N-QL961-030 PEARL HARBOR June 28 2016 Royal Australian navy ship HMAS Ballarat FFH 155 arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for 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 1st Class Phillip Pavlovich/RELEASED 2016-06-27 https //www flickr com/photos/compacflt/27907873451/in/dateposted/ U S Navy Photo By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Phillip Pavlovich other versions PD-USGov HMAS Ballarat FFH 155 RIMPAC 2016 |