MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California (July

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California (July 28, 2016) – U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 15 complete administrative procedures for each role-player to receive access to the evacuation vehicles during noncombatant evacuation operation scenario during Rim of the Pacific 2016 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 28, 2016. NEO’s are conducted to assist the Department of State and similar agencies for foreign countries in evacuating noncombatants, nonessential military personnel, selected host-nation citizens, and third-country nationals whose lives are in danger from locations in a host foreign nation to an appropriate safe haven. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathaniel S. McAllister/ Released)