180717-N-LR347-016 NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA, Calif. (July

180717-N-LR347-016 NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA, Calif. (July 17, 2018) - Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Able Diver William Sellick-Shaw, serving with the undersea mine countermeasures commander for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in the Southern California area of operations briefs RNZN Commodore Tony Millar, maritime component commander and representative of the Chief of Navy (New Zealand), right, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander, Mine Warfare Task Force, left, during a visit to Naval Base Point Loma, July 17. 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. Navy photo by Lt. Matthew A. Stroup)