180712-N-SP229-491 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 12, 2018) The crew of the Royal Canadian Navy maritime coastal defense vessel HMCS Whitehorse (MM 705) recovers their small boat while Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) operator Sascha Lagendijk flushes a REMUS 100 following a mine hunting mission to prepare the vehicle for a data transfer of the recorded sonar imagery, July 12, 2018. This mine hunting mission locates potential exercise sea mines in Southern California as part of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Pictured in the background is the Royal Canadian Navy coastal defense vessel HMCS Yellowknife (MM 706). 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. (U.S. Navy photo by RNLN LT Maurice van Ginneken /Released)