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The guided-missile destroyers USS Pinckney (DDG 91) and USS Shoup (DDG 86) sail in formation in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii during the exercise Rim of Pacific 2006 on July 25, 2006. The exercise, commonly called RIMPAC, brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States in the world's largest biennial maritime exercise.

The guided-missile destroyers USS Pinckney (DDG 91) and USS Shoup (DDG 86) sail in formation in the Pacific Ocean

The guided-missile destroyers USS Pinckney (DDG 91) and USS Shoup (DDG 86) sail in formation in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii during the exercise Rim of Pacific 2006 on July 25, 2006. The exercise, commonly called RIMPAC, brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States in the world's largest biennial maritime exercise.

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