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A landing craft air cushion delivers personnel and equipment during a training exercise for Rim of the Pacific 2012 on Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, July 28, 2012. The international maritime exercise, which includes 22 nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel, takes place in and around the Hawaiian Islands.

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A landing craft air cushion delivers personnel and equipment during a training exercise for Rim of the Pacific 2012 on Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, July 28, 2012. The international maritime exercise, which includes 22 nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel, takes place in and around the Hawaiian Islands.

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