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Naval
Forces News - France, USA |
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French
Navy and US Navy Aircraft Carrier Groups started their Joint Deployment |
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reported last month that as part of its "Bois Belleau" operation,
the French Navy aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and the U.S. Navy
aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman would be jointly deployed. The
U.S. Navy just released pictures (courtesy of the French Navy) showing
the French aircraft carrier conducting an underway replenishment with
American replenishment oiler USNS Arctic. The pictures were taken in
the Gulf of Oman. |
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GULF OF OMAN (Dec. 29, 2013) The guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley
(DDG 84), left, and the French navy aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
(R 91), right, conduct an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift
Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). Charles de
Gaulle is conducting operations with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike
Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation
efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo
courtesy of the French navy by Frederic Duplouich/Released)
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The French
Navy announced in early December that its carrier battle group (CVBG)
just deployed for Operation “Bois Belleau”. According to
the French Navy, operation Bois Belleau will enable the French and US
navies to reach the highest level of cooperation to date. The U.S. Carrier
Battle Group formed around the Nimitz class Aircraft Carrier USS Harry
S. Truman, will be present in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf at
the same time. There will be a joint deployment and close cooperation
for five weeks between the two CVBGs. France and the United States are
leading strategic partners and the only nations to deploy nuclear-powered
aircraft carriers capable of projecting massive fire-power. |
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GULF OF OMAN (Dec. 29, 2013) The guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley
(DDG 84), foreground, conducts an underway replenishment with the Military
Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). Bulkeley
is part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime
security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the
U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of
the French navy by Frederic Duplouich/Released)
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The
vessel replenishing the French aircraft carrier is Military Sealift
Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). Artctic is
the third ship in the Supply class of fast combat support ships. These
supply ships are used to refuel, rearm, and restock US Navy ships at
sea. They are operated by the US Military Sealift Command. |
