English: 160710-N-IY142-078 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 10, 2016) Sailors assigned to 2nd Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment conduct a simulated disaster relief supply offload from the General Frank S. Besson-class Logistics Support Vessel Lieutenant General William B. Bunker (LSV 4) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during 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 1st Class Nardel Gervacio/RELEASED)

Unit: Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii

DVIDS Tags: JBPHH"; RIMPAC; Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment; Disaster Relief Supply Offload