Aloha!

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) Japanese Defense Ship (JDS) Haruna Class Destroyer Haruna (DDH 141) passes Hospital Point in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during arrival honors prior to the multinational 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 will include eight participating nations; Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Peru, South Korea, Britain and the 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

Hawaii - Molokai Island

Screw Pine, Hawaii(?)

[Forest scene in Hawaii, envelope IE25-055]

Aerial of a US Navy (USN) SH-60B Seahawk, Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 41 (HSL 41), Seahawks, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) flies by the USN long hull version of the Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate USS CROMMELIN (FFG 37), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI)

Remants of the Hakulau Mill, after a tsunami hit the Big Island of Hawaii, in Hilo. April 22, 1946

The US Navy (USN) Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS MOBILE BAY (CG 53) (foreground) departs Naval Station (NS) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI), to participate in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. RIMPAC is an exercise designed to increase the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined sea operations. RIMPAC 2006 brings together military forces from Australia (AUS), Canada (CAN), Chile (CHL), Peru (PER), Japan (JPN), the Republic of Korea (KOR), United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). In the background is the USN Arleigh Burke Class (Flight I) Guided Missile Destroyer (Aegis) USS STETHEM (DDG 63)

A high-angle view showing multi-national ships involved in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006 Exercise, moored side-by-side at dusk during the 4th of July Independence Day Celebrations at Naval Base (NB) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI). RIMPAC, the world's largest biennial maritime exercise, brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the US

[Dubautia scabra in Hawaii, envelope IE25-213]