160715-N-MT581-238 SAN DIEGO (July 15, 2016) U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Christopher Owens, Director of the Navy Expeditionary Warfare Division, right, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Jim W. Kilby, Commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center, center, listen to German Armed Forces Cmdr. Dennis Leukert speak about mine countermeasures dive operations while touring the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) during the Southern California portion of 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 Curtis D. Spencer/Released)