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RIMPAC 2012 Underway In The Pacific

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 5th, 2012

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The biennial Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2012 got underway Monday with military leaders from 22 nations at the formal launch in Hawaii. The U.S. Pacific Fleet hosts RIMPAC in and around Hawaiian waters in the exercise that runs through Aug. 7. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Cecil Haney said, "The theme of capable, adaptable partners resonates here in what is the world's largest international maritime exercise." Building partnership capacity and capability is a major theme of the Obama administration’s…

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