SINGAPORE (March 21, 2023) Lt. Jeremiah Parks, center, from Chesapeake, Va., and Lt. Kevin Gelatt, left, from Miami, both MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter pilots from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35, forward deployed aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS 24), speak with a French Armed Forces pilot about a Aerospatiale Gazelle helicopter in the hangar bay aboard the French navy Mistral-class amphibious assault ship FS Dixmude (L9015) during a pilot's exchange at Changi Naval Base in Singapore, March 21, 2023. Oakland, part of Destroyer Squadron 7, is on a rotational deployment, operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with Allies and partners and serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sang Kim)