(01 of22)
Open Image ModalRoyal Australian Navy Durance-class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ship, HMAS Success (OR 304), departs Pearl Harbor for the sea phase of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. (credit:Royal Australian Navy photo by Able Seaman Imagery Specialist Chantell Bianchi)
(02 of22)
Open Image ModalA Canadian forces soldier, assigned to the Charlie Company of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia\'s Canadian Light Infantry Division, jumps out of a helicopter off the coast of Hawaii for reconnaissance operations during RIMPAC 2014 exercises.\n (credit:U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amanda R. Gray)
(03 of22)
Open Image ModalCanadian forces soldiers, assigned to the Charlie Company of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia\'s Canadian Light Infantry Division, perform reconnaissance operations on July 10 during a training exercise. (credit:U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amanda R. Gray)
(04 of22)
Open Image ModalKorean SEALS fast-rope into a RIMPAC training village on July 10 Marine Corps Training Area Bellows in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. They are fast-roping from an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Squadron 4 during a special operations forces (SOF) integration. The training exercise used the combat skills and capabilities of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8133, Republic of Korea SEALS and Peru Special Forces to take down and capture a high-value target. (credit:U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew J. Bragg)
(05 of22)
Open Image ModalA U.S. Marine and his dog provide security during a special operations forces (SOF) integration at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows on July 10. The exercise uses the combat skills and capabilities of Marine Special Operations Team 8133, Republic of Korea SEALS and Peru Special Forces to take down and capture a high-value target. SOF is part of the Marine Corps Advanced Warfighting Experiment (AWE) and is designed to create a truly joint and combined arms force on the battlefield.\n (credit:U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew J. Bragg)
(06 of22)
Open Image ModalA Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), embarked from the USS Rushmore, prepares to land at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay during RIMPAC 2014.\n (credit:U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron S. Patterson)
(07 of22)
Open Image ModalSeaman Darius Thigpen, from Chicago, directs departing Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, at Kawaihae Harbor, Hawaii, during RIMPAC 2014 exercises.\n (credit:U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Katarzyna Kobiljak)
(08 of22)
Open Image ModalTwo soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) provide security while the rest of their team moves to shore during an amphibious assault on Pyramid Rock Beach at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, part of RIMPAC 2014 training exercises.\n (credit:U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew J. Bragg)
(09 of22)
Open Image ModalA soldier with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) waits for his squad leader to give the signal to advance their positions. The JGSDF conducted the training exercise with U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, based in Okinawa, Japan.\n (credit:U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew J. Bragg)
(10 of22)
Open Image ModalA U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) leaves the Marine Corps Training Area Bellows in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and heads back to the USS Rushmore after dropping troops and equipment on July 12. \n (credit:U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew J. Bragg)
(11 of22)
Open Image ModalA Marine assault amphibious vehicle assigned to Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment arrives on the beach July 11 at Bellows Air Force Station during RIMPAC 2014.\n (credit:U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shannon E. Renfroe)
(12 of22)
Open Image ModalLeading Seaman Ben Beck of Australian Clearance Diving Team 1 positively confirms a radio check during a bomb-onboard plane takedown training scenario on July 15 at Honolulu International Airport as part RIMPAC 2014.\n (credit:U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles E. White, Fleet Combat Camera Pacific)
(13 of22)
Open Image ModalSailors from the People\'s Republic of China, People\'s Liberation Army (Navy) ship Yueyang (FF 575) board USS Port Royal (CG 73) to perform a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drill during training exercises on July 15. (credit:U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tiarra Fulgham)
(14 of22)
Open Image ModalA U.S. Marine Special Operations team member lowers an elite canine into a rigid-hulled inflatable boat set to depart the littoral combat ship USS Independence (LCS 2) during a training mission for RIMPAC 2014.\n (credit:U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Corey T. Jones)
(15 of22)
Open Image ModalAustralian soldiers assigned to 5th Royal Australian Regiment fire an 84 mm M3 Carl Gustave rocket launcher at Range 10 at Pohakuloa Training Area on the island of Hawaii, part of RIMPAC 2014. (credit:U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan)
(16 of22)
Open Image ModalMarines with Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, walk to Range 5C to conduct a grenade range exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area on the island of Hawaii. The Marines are a part of Company Landing Team 2, which include Indonesian marines, Australian and Tongan soldiers.\n (credit:Photo by Sgt. Sarah Dietz)
(17 of22)
Open Image ModalThe ex-USS Ogden (LPD 5) is hit by a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) from the Royal Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F 310) during a Sink Exercise (SINKEX) as part of RIMPAC 2014. \n (credit:U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shannon E. Renfroe)
(18 of22)
Open Image ModalU.S. Marines, assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, and Tongan Marines, exit the back of a CH-53E Super Stallion during insertion and extraction training at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. (credit:Marine Corps Base Hawaii)
(19 of22)
Open Image ModalA light infantry platoon from 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (1RNZIR) practice underwater helicopter escape training in a pool at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, as part of exercise RIMPAC 2014. (credit:Photo by LAC Maria Oosterbaan)
(20 of22)
Open Image ModalAn MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), participates in a helicopter exercise off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai during RIMPAC 2014. \n\n (credit:U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Joseph Pfaff)
(21 of22)
Open Image ModalA Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), assigned to Amphibious Craft Unit 5, heads to the harbor on July 22 from the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) during RIMPAC 2014.\n (credit:U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Viramontes)
(22 of22)
Open Image ModalA U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to the “Indians” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6 prepares for takeoff from the flight deck of the littoral combat ship USS Independence (LCS 2) during RIMPAC 2014.\n (credit:U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Corey T. Jones)