160703-N-KM939-140: JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 3, 2016) - The guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106), along with several other ships from different nations, is moored in Pearl Harbor during the beginning of the Rim of the Pacific exercise. Twenty-six nations, 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 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)