FLF La Fayette escale à Norfolk mission Jeanne d'Arc 2019
La Mission Jeanne d'Arc vue du côté américain US Navy
ABOARD FS TONNERRE, OFF CAMP LEJEUNE – A French task group on deployment with 130 officer cadets teamed up with U.S. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Camp Lejeune for a few days of at-sea amphibious operations in North Carolina.
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| An MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 takes off from French amphibious ship FS Tonnerre on June 28, 2019, during exercise Semper Thunder at Camp Lejeune, N.C. USNI News photo. |
26th MEU is in the early stages of its pre-deployment training, and the Amphibious Task Force Jeanne d’Arc 2019 is nearing the end of its five-month mission through the Middle East, around Africa and up the Atlantic coasts of South and North America.
Ahead of the Jeanne d’Arc task force’s return home to France, the ships and the cadets joined up with elements of the 26th MEU to practice skills that they ultimately could be called upon to perform together in real-world operations.
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| An American MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 lands on French amphibious ship FS Tonnerre on June 28, 2019, during the Semper Thunder exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C. USNI News photo. |
“This training opportunity is a great moment for us, for the United States Marines and French amphibious forces to integrate and build upon our interoperability for future exercises and operations. This is very important because you cannot build trust, confidence and interoperability at a moment’s notice for a crisis. That’s why we have historically conducted bilateral and multilateral exercises … and why we will continue to do so in the future,” 26th MEU commanding officer Col. Trevor Hall told reporters aboard landing helicopter dock FS Tonnerre (L9014).
https://news.usni.org/2019/07/01/u-s-marines-train-on-french-amphib-during-jeanne-darc-task-force-stop-at-camp-lejeune
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| An MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 takes off from French amphibious ship FS Tonnerre on June 28, 2019, during exercise Semper Thunder at Camp Lejeune, N.C. USNI News photo. |
