160726-N-ON468-134 PEARL HARBOR (July 26, 2016) U.S.

160726-N-ON468-134 PEARL HARBOR (July 26, 2016) U.S. Navy Diver 2nd Class Aaron Swanson and Navy Diver 1st Class William Lesnock operate a diving communications and logging system for U.S. Navy Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One divers while conducting a diving exercise with a Chinese Navy dive team, during 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 2nd Class Jeff Troutman /RELEASED)