Keywords: USS San Diego conducts flight operations. (27926284766).jpg PACIFIC OCEAN June 23 2016 - Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handling Airman Joshua Evans directs a CH-124 Sea King helicopter assigned to Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron 443 to depart the flight deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego LPD 22 during deck landing qualifications in preparation for 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 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joseph M Buliavac/Released 160623-N-RC734-140 Join the conversation http //www navy mil/viewGallery asp www navy mil/viewGallery asp http //www facebook com/USNavy www facebook com/USNavy http //www twitter com/USNavy www twitter com/USNavy http //navylive dodlive mil navylive dodlive mil http //pinterest com pinterest com https //plus google com plus google com https //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/27926284766/ USS San Diego conducts flight operations 2016-06-23 15 03 https //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official U S Navy Page from United States of America Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joseph M Buliavac/U S Navy Attribution License IPTC Caption-Abstract U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery https //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/27926284766 2016-06-28 20 50 44 cc-by-2 0 160623-N-RC734-140 Navy 443 Squadron RCAF Aboard USS San Diego LPD-22 Files from the U S Navy Flickr stream Photographs taken on 2016-06-23 Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King Taken with Nikon D810 |