U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Armas, Deputy Commander, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, center, chats with French Air Force Major General Bertrand Jardin, Defense Attaché, Embassy of France in the United States, and French Marine Corps Brigadier General Hervé Pierre, Général Commandant la 9e Brigade d'intanterie de la Marine, left, following the Transatlantic Naval Cooperation Perspectives Symposium aboard the French Navy amphibious assault ship PHA Tonnerre (L9014), Naval Station Norfolk, Va., June 17, 2024. During the symposium, subject matter experts and leaders from the French Navy, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and NATO held discussions with participants to reinforce cooperation between allied naval forces and share strategic and operational knowledge. The Tonnerre arrived in Norfolk to host the symposium after participating in Exercise Chesapeake 2024, an amphibious operations exercise held aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, between units from U.S. 2nd Fleet, Il Marine Expeditionary Force, the French La Fayette-class frigate FS Guépratte (F 714) and the French 9th Marine Infantry Brigade. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Casey Price)
Date Taken: | 06.17.2024 |
Date Posted: | 06.23.2024 16:28 |
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