210407-M-JX780-1701 BAY OF BENGAL (April 7, 2021) – An Australian Royal Navy MH-60 Sea Hawk flies over the French Navy ship, FS Tonnerre (L9014), top, and Australian Royal Navy ship, HMAS Anzac (FFH 150), while the ships maneuver in formation through the Bay of Bengal during La Perouse 2021. The amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) is part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group with embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. La Perouse is an exercise during the annual French Navy midshipman deployment called Mission Jeann
210407-M-JX780-1701 BAY OF BENGAL (April 7, 2021) – An Australian Royal Navy MH-60 Sea Hawk flies over the French Navy ship, FS Tonnerre (L9014), top, and Australian Royal Navy ship, HMAS Anzac (FFH 150), while the ships maneuver in formation through the Bay of Bengal during La Perouse 2021. The amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) is part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group with embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit 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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