Keywords: JS Bungo arrives in Pearl Harbor, -26 Jun. 2012 a.jpg JS Bungo pulls into Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to support Rim of the Pacific RIMPAC 2012 exercise Twenty-two nations 42 ships six submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel will participate in the biennial RIMPAC exercise scheduled June 29 to Aug 3 in and around the Hawaiian Islands 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 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971 U S Navy photo by MC2 Jon Dasbach http //www flickr com/photos/us-pacific-command/7457527196/in/photostream Rim of the Pacific 12 Exercise Japanese minesweeper tender<div style font-size 82 >ã ”Uploaded to Flickr by http //www flickr com/people/us-pacific-command/ U S Pacific Commandã • 2012-06-26 Jon Dasbach U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy JS Bungo MST-464 Japanese warships at Pearl Harbor RIMPAC 2012 |