Naval Aircrewman 2nd Class David Bouche and Naval Aircrewman 3rd Class Taryn Billings, transport a New Zealand sailor to an MH-60 Seahawk helicopter, assigned to "The Blackjacks" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21, while conducting a medical evacuation training exercise between the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu and the New Zealand navy multirole vessel HMNZS Canterbury during Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 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 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 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971.