PACIFIC OCEAN (July 15, 2016) - Quartermaster 3rd Class Emanuel Restrepo, from Orlando, Florida, hauls down the Romeo flag aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) during a breakaway for a replenishment at sea exercise with the Chinese Navy replenishment ship Gaoyouhu (966) during Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, 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. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)

Unit: Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet

DVIDS Tags: RAS; San Diego; Underway; Pacific Ocean; guided-missile destroyer; Navy; Sailors; USS Stockdale; (DDG 106); David Cox; RIMPAC; Rim of the Pacific; MC3; 3rd Fleet AOR; Great Green Fleet; Gaoyouhu