Keywords: RIMPAC 2012 120716-N-MJ645-090.jpg en Amphibious assault ship USS Essex hosted a hockey game on the flight deck between sailors from the Iron Gator and Marines from Canada while underway for the Rim of the Pacific exercise 2012 Twenty-two nations more than 40 ships and submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from 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 2012-07-16 LHD 2 https //www dvidshub net/image/630085 120716-N-MJ645-090 2012-07-22 20 55 USS ESSEX LHD 2 HI US PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Essex LHD-2 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |