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RIMPAC 2008

16 July 2008
RIMPAC 08 Sports
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Players from the Australian team TOBRUK run the ball up the field followed by defenders from the US team R.M. DAVIS #2.

(Date taken: 30 June 2008)
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Players from both the Australian team TOBRUK and the US team R.M. DAVIS #2 attempt to gain control of the ball.

(Date taken: 30 June 2008)
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An Australian player from TOBRUK kicks for a goal against R.M.DAVIS.

(Date taken: 30 June 2008)
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The Goalkeeper from the Australian team SUCCESS dives to save the ball as a player from the RIVEROS #2 kicks towards the goals.

(Date taken: 30 June 2008)
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A player from the Australian team, SUCCESS (red top), and a player from the Chilean team, RIVEROS #2 (white top), both attempt to gain control of the soccer ball during the game.

(Date taken: 30 June 2008)
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RIMPAC 08 Sports - 5 km Run - Members from the attending Australian Units competed in the mass of people that took part in the 5 km fun run as part of the RIMPAC 08 Harbour Phase sporting program.

(Date taken: 03 July 2008)
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Members from the Royal Australian Navy Band combined with members from the United States Navy Pacific Fleet Band entertained a crowd of people at the Aloha Towers shopping complex on the evening of the 3rd of July.
A contingent from the Royal Australian Navy Band deployed to Exercise RIMPAC 2008 in HMAS TOBRUK.

(Date taken: 03 July 2008)
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As part of the scheduled sports program during the Harbour Phase of exercise RIMPAC 2008, the Australian team from HMAS SUCCESS played the United States of America (USA) team from the USS O'KANE in a game of volleyball at the Naval Station Gym on Pearl Harbour.

(Date taken: 03 July 2008)
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As part of the scheduled sports program during the Harbour Phase of Exercise RIMPAC 2008, the Australian team from HMAS SUCCESS played the United States of America (USA) team from the USS O'KANE in a game of volleyball at the Naval Station Gym on Pearl Harbour.

(Date taken: 03 July 2008)
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RIMPAC 08 - Sports - Outrigger Canoe Race - Members from HMAS TOBRUK and HMAS SUCCESS ships companys competed in the Outrigger Canoe race but were unsuccessful in their heat and were unfortunately knocked out of the competition.
However they put up a valiant effort for a team of 4 against two full teams of 5. The extra person being the steers person supplied by the Pearl Harbour Outrigger Canoe Club.
In the Outrigger (L to R) Chief Petty Officer Alan Clark (HMAS TOBRUK), Able Seaman Alexander Mills (HMAS SUCCESS), Able Seaman Greg Gilmore (HMAS TOBRUK) and Able Seaman Adrian Rollins (HMAS SUCCESS).

(Date taken: 05 July 2008)
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RIMPAC 08 - Sports - Outrigger Canoe Race - Members from HMAS TOBRUK and HMAS SUCCESS ships company competed in the Outrigger Canoe race but were unsuccessful in their heat and were unfortunately knocked out of the competition.
They put up a valiant effort for a team of 4 against two full teams of 5, the extra person being the helmsman supplied by the Pearl Harbour Outrigger Canoe Club.
In the Outrigger (R to L) Chief Petty Officer Alan Clark (HMAS TOBRUK), Able Seaman Alexander Mills (HMAS SUCCESS), Able Seaman Greg Gilmore (HMAS TOBRUK) and Able Seaman Adrian Rollins (HMAS SUCCESS).

(Date taken: 05 July 2008)
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