In the event of a near-peer conflict with China, American allies and partners would bring important capabilities to the table.

And with 3000 French sailors bobbing off the northern Australian coast on warships including the mammoth Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, the supply vessel Jacques Chevallier plays a key role ...

FS Charles de Gaulle will be the first French aircraft carrier to be deployed to the Pacific Ocean since 1968.

SEE THE PICS. The Jacques Chevalier is accompanying France’s largest naval ship, the Charles de Gaulle nuclear powered aircraft carrier, in a five-month deployment dubbed Clemenceau 25.