Ships from France, Russia and the United Kingdom will take part in a five-day exercise at Naval Station Norfolk and off the Virginia/North Carolina coast.

HMS Portland (F79), FS La Fayette (F710), USS Laboon (DDG 58) and RFS Admiral Chabanenko (650) will undergo training scenarios at sea and ashore.
The U.S. Navy says previous exercises, which started in 1988, centered on week-long programs of talks and training focused on Peace Support Operations within a United Nations context.

But they’ve gotten more complex and now include maneuvers at sea.

Previously titled RUKUS, the exercise was formed in 1988 as a vehicle for dialogue between Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States when no such multilateral opportunity existed.