180712-N-KG618-1017 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, Hawaii (July 12, 2018) Sailors assigned to the "Golden Swordsmen" of Patrol Squadron (VP) 47 use a MHU-83 munitions handling unit to load a AGM-84D Harpoon missile onto a P-8A Poseidon aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station, Hawaii, during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2018. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, 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 Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kevin A. Flinn/Released)