180712-N-SP229-573 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 12, 2018) Royal

180712-N-SP229-573 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 12, 2018) Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Operators, Sascha Lagendijk (left) and Bas Baarda (right), examining sonar imagery (two right screens) to locate possible exercise sea mines during post mission analysis, while simultaneously monitoring an ongoing UUV mission (left screen) in Southern California as part of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 12, 2018. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, and about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by RNLN LT Maurice van Ginneken /Released)