From June 24 to July 31, Hawaii will host the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise — scheduled to take place in the ocean, on land and in the air of Ko Hawai‘i Pae‘aina. The U.S. Pacific Fleet announced that “a multinational force of approximately 40 surface ships, five submarines, 140 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel” will descend upon our shores.