180712-D-WR005-387 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM,

180712-D-WR005-387 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July, 12, 2018) U.S. Army Spc. Harvey Gales (right), a medic in the surgical admissions center at Tripler Army Medical Center executes the art of moulage on Dawnn Villarreal(seated-left), a Queens Medical Center accounts payable staff member and volunteer patient actor who is fitted with mock facial lacerations during the U.S. Navy’s Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, as part of the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief portion of the training event. Regional Health Command-Pacific Soldiers and civilians participated in the statewide medical response training to enhance operability, test communication and exercise crisis response capabilities amongst interagency partners. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. 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 of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Army photo by Ana Allen/Released)