Airman Thomas Fuller, a Victorville, Calif., native assigned to the "Bluehawks" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 78, latches a hook onto an MH-60R Sea Hawk aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan is participating in Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. 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 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971.