PARIS (June 8, 2022) Vice Adm. Bill Merz, right, deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans and strategy, and his French navy counterpart, Rear Adm. Christophe Lucas, during the first in-person U.S.- France Strategic Dialogue in Paris, France, June 8, 2022. The dialogue supports the bilateral Strategic Interoperability Framework, which aims to achieve combined, high-end interoperability between the navies of both countries. (Photo courtesy of the French navy by Remy Martin)