Keywords: RIMPAC 2014 Medical Symposium 140701-N-VY375-209.jpg en Vice Adm Matthew L Nathan Navy surgeon general and chief bureau of medicine and surgery speaks to Japanese media during Rim of the Pacific ™s RIMPAC Inaugural Military Medicine Symposium aboard amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu LHA 5 Twenty-two nations 49 ships and submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug 1 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 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Pyoung K Yi/Released <br>Unit Commander U S 3rd Fleet 2014-07-01 Seaman Pyoung Yi https //www dvidshub net/image/1431949/rimpac-2014-medical-symposium 140701-N-VY375-209 2014-07-02 14 31 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM HI US PD-USGov-Military-Navy Matthew L Nathan People of the United States Navy at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam USS Peleliu LHA-5 RIMPAC 2014 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |