JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 17, 2016)  Vice Adm. Nora Tyson, RIMPAC Combined Task Force Commander and Rear Adm. Scott Bishop, RIMPAC Deputy Commander Combined Task Force, greet Vice Adm. Ron Lloyd, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii 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. (Canadian Forces Combat Camera photo by Corporal Brett White-Finkle)
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Corporal Brett White-Finkle, Canadian Forces
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