Keywords: US Navy 081106-N-1786N-049 Capitaine de corvette Luc Pages, commanding officer, French navy frigate, F.S. Prairial, talks to Operations Specialist 3rd Class Thomas Bauer and Ens. Whitney Alvardo.jpg en PACIFIC OCEAN Nov 6 2008 Capitaine de corvette Luc Pages commanding officer French navy frigate F S Prairial talks to Operations Specialist 3rd Class Thomas Bauer and Ens Whitney Alvardo crew members from the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa LHA 1 during a tour aboard the F S Prairial The French Navy frigate was participating in a passing exercise PASSEX off the coast of southern Calif After pulling along side Tarawa the ships participated in an exchange of crewmembers between Tarawa and Prairial as well as flag hoist drills flashing lights and vertical replenishment Tarawa completed her final underway Nov 3 through 6 and is and scheduled to decommission March 31 2009 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Niegel/Released 2008-11-06 081106-N-1786N-049 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 66250 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Niegel PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Tarawa LHA-1 |