180719-N-VR594-3070 AT SEA (July 19, 2018) Royal Australian

180719-N-VR594-3070 AT SEA (July 19, 2018) Royal Australian Navy sailors leave the landing area of the flight deck after applying chocks and chains on a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion, assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, aboard the landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Adelaide (L01) during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 19. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, and about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger/Released)

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