5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (June 14, 2018) Personnel deploy from the well deck of Royal Fleet Auxiliary landing ship dock RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009) as USS Sentry (MCM 3) conducts mine hunting in the distance during Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MCMEX) 18-2. The bilateral exercise enhances cooperation, mutual mine countermeasure capabilities and interoperability between the and , demonstrating the shared commitment of ensuring unfettered operations of naval and support vessels, as well as commercial shipping movements, throughout the maritime domain.

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