VBSS Training at RIMPAC 16, San Diego, California

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PACIFIC OCEAN (July 14, 2016) - An Indonesian sailor from the Republic of Indonesia Navy Diponegoro-class corvette KRI Diponegoro (365) searches a US Navy Sailor on guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (106) during VBSS (Visit, board, search, and seizure) training. Twenty-six nations, 45 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 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 while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships between participants 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 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)