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Canadian, American and French Navy on task group exercise


Credit:  WO Larry Graham, J5PA Combat Camera

HMCS Athabaskan is participating in Canadian Fleet Operations (CFO) with HMC Ships St. John’s, Halifax and Ville de Quebec.

Four Halifax-based warships, HMC Ships Athabaskan, St. John’s, Halifax and Ville de Quebec recently departed HMC Dockyard to participate in Canadian Fleet Operations (CFO) from May 18 until June 8. As part of this deployment the ships will also conduct operations with American and French vessels and aircraft.

CFO will test various aspects of Naval activities including seamanship and navigational training, weapons firing, international interoperability and communications. CFO is geared to maximize the fleet’s ability to deploy as a task group under various team-based scenarios and exercises.

Aerial, surface and sub-surface activities will test sailors’ abilities to search, detect and protect themselves from various threats.

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