US Navy (USN) Sailors watch from the fantail on board the USN experimental High Speed Vehicle 2 (HSV 2) Swift as the vessel shifts berths at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI). The Swift is taking part in the multi-national maritime Exercise RIM OF THE PACIFIC 2004 (RIMPAC). RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This yearßs exercise includes seven participating nations: Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom and United States. RIMPAC is intended to enhance the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region