A soldier prepares to load a stinger missile onto an Avenger air defense system before conducting a live-fire training mission during Rim of the Pacific exercise at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii, July 24, 2018. The soldier is a missile defense crewmember assigned to the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in Rimpac from June 27 to Aug. 2, 2018, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. Rimpac provides unique training opportunities while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and the security of the world’s oceans. Army photo by Capt. Rachael Jeffcoat