JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Army Pacific divers with 7th Engineer Dive Detachment, 130th Theater Engineer Brigade, trained with Canadian Pacific Dive Team and Australian Clearance Dive Team 4 in using a side scan sonar system during RIMPAC at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

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.