Keywords: USS Shoup conducts foreign object debris walkdown 160725-N-KR702-103.jpg en 160725-N-KR702-103 PACIFIC OCEAN June 25 2016 - Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup DDG 86 walk the flight deck at night looking for foreign object debris in preparation for flight operations during 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 2nd Class Holly L Herline <br>Unit Commander U S 3rd Fleet 2016-07-25 Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique Canales https //www dvidshub net/image/2747261/uss-shoup-conducts-foreign-object-debris-walkdown 160725-N-KR702-103 2016-07-26 20 17 PACIFIC OCEAN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Shoup DDG-86 RIMPAC 2016 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |