040706-N-5923E-098. [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Navy (USN) SH-60F Seahawk helicopter, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 (HS-4), Black Knights, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) flies as channel guard for the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74). The STENNIS and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are taking part in the multi-national maritime Exercise RIM OF THE PACIFIC 2004 (RIMPAC). RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This years exercise includes seven nations: Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, So

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040706-N-5923E-098. [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Navy (USN) SH-60F Seahawk helicopter, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 (HS-4), Black Knights, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) flies as channel guard for the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74). The STENNIS and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are taking part in the multi-national maritime Exercise RIM OF THE PACIFIC 2004 (RIMPAC). RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This years exercise includes seven nations: Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom and United States. RIMPAC is intended to enhance the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)