BR LA UNION – Ballaygi ti insayangkat a maritime cooperative activity (MCA) ti Armed Forces of the Philippines ken French Navy idiay West Philippine Sea idi Biyernes, Pebrero 21.
Iti maysa nga statement, kinuna ti AFP a ti nasao nga aktibidad ket addaan tarigagay a mapasayaat iti interoperability, communication, ken defense capabilities iti baetan ti dua a puwersa pangbaybay.
Karaman iti maritime cooperative activity dagiti asset ti Pilipinas a BRP Jose Rizal (FF150), BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PS15), C90 aircraft, dalawang FA50s, ken Philippine Air Force Search and Rescue (SAR) units.
Iti met biang ti French Navy, nakipaset iti Aircraft Carrier Charles De Gaulle (R91), Fregate Europeenne Multi-Mission Destroyer Provence (D652), Force Supply Vessel Jacques Chevallier (A725), Air Defense Destroyer Forbin (D620), ken Aquitaine-class frigate Alsace (D656).
Kabilang dagiti serye ti drills nga insayangkat ti PH ken French Navy ket iti Communications Check Exercise (COMMEX), Division Tactics/Officer of the Watch (DIVTACS/OOW) maneuvers, Photo Exercise (PHOTOEX), Replenishment at Sea, personnel exchange babaen ti rigid hull inflatable boats, Anti-submarine warfare exercises, ken Dissimilar Aircraft Combat Training.
Iti nasao a panagsanay ket maikatlo a nagsasaruno a lawas ti joint maritime activities ti AFP idiay WPS iti uneg ti joint operational area ti Northern Luzon Command.
