210405-M-JX780-1727 BAY OF BENGAL (April 5, 2021) – Marine Corps Capt. Jackson Niketas, a UH-1Y Venom pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, watches the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25), left, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship, JS Akebono (DD 108), maneuver in formation through the Bay of Bengal from the cockpit of a UH-1Y Venom during La Perouse 2021. USS Somerset is part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group with embarked 15th MEU operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. La Perouse is
210405-M-JX780-1727 BAY OF BENGAL (April 5, 2021) – Marine Corps Capt. Jackson Niketas, a UH-1Y Venom pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, watches the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25), left, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship, JS Akebono (DD 108), maneuver in formation through the Bay of Bengal from the cockpit of a UH-1Y Venom during La Perouse 2021. USS Somerset is part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group with embarked 15th MEU operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. La Perouse is an exercise during the annual French Navy midshipman deployment called Mission Jeanne d'Arc. The exercise is designed to conduct training, enhance cooperation in maritime surveillance, maritime interdiction operations, and air operations.
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