Keywords: USS Hawaii departs, RIMPAC 2014 140708-N-DB801-196.jpg en The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Hawaii departs for the at-sea portion of Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2014 Twenty-two nations more than 40 ships and submarines about 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel are participating in Exercise RIMPAC from June 26 to Aug 1 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 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971 2014-07-08 SSN 776 https //www dvidshub net/image/1448019 140708-N-DB801-196 2014-07-14 23 56 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM HI US PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Hawaii SSN-776 at Pearl Harbor RIMPAC 2014 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |