Service Chiefs from US Navy, Royal Navy, and US Marine Corps Sign Revised Strategic Charter, Strengthening the Special Relationship
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 18, 2023) – Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti (center), Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith (right), and Royal Navy First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff Adm. Sir Ben Key (left) sign a Delivering Combined Seapower (DCS) charter, which is intended to achieve the Service Chiefs’ combined vision for US-UK interoperability moving toward interchangeability, while visiting the HMS Prince of Wales (R09), Oct. 18. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Rachaelanne Woodward)