A RHIB from Ticonderoga-Class Guided-Missile Cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) returns following a personnel transfer with JDS Ise (DDH 182) a Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Twenty-two nations, 49 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC 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 (U.S. Navy photo by Fire Controlman Second Class Andrew Albin)