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Air Force Master Sgt. Taj Copeland, Petroleum Oil and Lubricant operations supervisor assigned to the 927th Logistics Readiness Squadron, MacDiill Air Force Base, Florida, carries a fuel delivery hose to a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 17, 2024, as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradley Tipton