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Croix du Sud 2023 Closing Ceremony NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA 05.06.2023 Photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Beesley 1st Marine Logistics Group Subscribe36 facebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonlinkedin sharing buttonsharethis sharing button Service members present their nations’ colors during the closing ceremony for Exercise Croix du Sud in Noumea, New Caledonia, May 6, 2023. Croix du Sud is the New Caledonian Armed Forces’ Combined Joint Task Force certification event with training objectives focused on a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response, Non-combatant Evacuation Operations, and Stability and Support Operations scenario in Oceania with desired effects focused on enhancing military-military, civil-military, and joint/multinational coordination in the region during crisis response. Nearly 3,000 service members from 19 countries participated in the exercise, making it the largest multinational exercise ever conducted in the country. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Beesley)
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May 19, 2023
NOUMEA, New Caledonia - Croix du Sud 2023 Closing Ceremony NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA 05.06.2023 Photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Beesley 1st Marine Logistics Group Subscribe36 facebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonlinkedin sharing buttonsharethis sharing button Service members present their nations’ colors during the closing ceremony for Exercise Croix du Sud in Noumea, New Caledonia, May 6, 2023. Croix du Sud is the New Caledonian Armed Forces’ Combined Joint Task Force certification event with training objectives focused on a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response, Non-combatant Evacuation Operations, and Stability and Support Operations scenario in Oceania with desired effects focused on enhancing military-military, civil-military, and joint/multinational coordination in the region during crisis response. Nearly 3,000 service members from 19 countries participated in the exercise, making it the largest multinational exercise ever conducted in the country. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Beesley)


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