USS Benfold Participates in Noble Chinook

Royal Canadian Navy replenishment ship MV Asterix conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force JS Hyūga (DDH-181), while the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) stands by to conduct a replenishment-at-sea in the North Pacific Ocean on Aug. 25. Noble Chinook is part of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led Large Scale Global Exercise 23, a series of joint and multi-national military activities and operations that demonstrate a robust presence and the strength of regional partnerships, interoperability and cooperation.