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English: 180719-N-VR594-1062 AT SEA (July 19, 2018) Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate Zackary Kelly, from Sydney, signals from the landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Adelaide (L01) to the Royal Canadian Navy supply ship MV Asterix while conducting a replenishment-at-sea during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 19. 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. (/Released)