Pacific Partnership 2013 - Au Revoir!

6/29/2013 Strategy Page

PACIFIC OCEAN (June 28, 2013) U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Cassandra Collier signals to a French Armee De L'Air Puma helicopter as it takes off from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52). Pearl Harbor, underway for Pacific Partnership 2013, conducted flight deck qualifications with the helicopter while departing Noumea, New Caledonia. A French helicopter detachment will be joining Pacific Partnership in the Solomon Islands. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II)