Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - RSS Formidable is alongside USS Nimitz..jpg PACIFIC OCEAN July 24 2012 The Republic of Singapore frigate RSS Formidable 68 is alongside the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz CVN 68 for a photo exercise during Rim of the Pacific RIMPAC 2012 Twenty-two nations more than 40 ships and submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel are participating in the 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 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran/Released 120724-N-WA347-097 Join the conversation 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 //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/7650048554/ RSS Formidable is alongside USS Nimitz 2012-07-24 16 11 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America MC2 Eva-Marie Ramsaran/U S Navy U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/7650048554 2012-11-12 15 51 18 cc-by-2 0 Images from United States Navy to check United States Navy images |