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U.S. Navy Seaman Thomas Payne guides U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Trevor Grimes as he hooks a spotting dolly to an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 146 on the USS Nimitz during Rim of the Pacific 2012, an exercise in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, July 10, 2012. Payne and Grimes are aviation boatswain's mates airmen. More than 25,000 people from 22 nations are participating in the exercise to foster and sustain international cooperation on the world's oceans.

U.S. Navy Seaman Thomas Payne guides U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Trevor Grimes as he hooks a spotting dolly to an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 146 on the USS Nimitz during Rim of the Pacific 2012, an exercise in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, July 10, 2012. Payne and Grimes are aviation boatswain's mates airmen. More than 25,000 people from 22 nations are participating in the exercise to foster and sustain international cooperation on the world's oceans.

U.S. Navy Seaman Thomas Payne guides U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Trevor Grimes as he hooks a spotting dolly to an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 146 on the USS Nimitz during Rim of the Pacific 2012, an exercise in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, July 10, 2012. Payne and Grimes are aviation boatswain's mates airmen. More than 25,000 people from 22 nations are participating in the exercise to foster and sustain international cooperation on the world's oceans.

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