Jeanne d’Arc ready to head home after eventful Asian tour
The annual five-month Jeanne d’Arc deployment by the French Navy is on its last leg following series of drills and operations in Africa and Southeast Asia. The task group is led by the Mistral-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) FS Dixmude and escorted by the frigate Surcouf.
‘It is an operational deployment to strategic areas of the world and excellent training opportunity for our cadets on board,’ said Cpt Jean Pocher, commander of Dixmude.
A key drill was the humanitarian and disaster relief-themed Exercise Komodo in Indonesia, where the task group performed numerous exchanges with the 37 participating countries
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