French Navy to Set Sail for Round-The-World Deployment - USNI News

The Jeanne d’Arc mission is an annual deployment for the French Navy – named for former helicopter cruiser Jeanne d’Arc (R97), which primarily served as a training ship for the French naval academy. Following the ship’s decommissioning in 2010, the French Navy began using the mission name, with one of its three Mistral-class amphibious assault ships carrying out the first deployment.

The deployment will go on for 155 days until the two ships return to their homeport of Toulon, France. A total of 12 port visits are planned. According to the plan, nine of the port visit also involve an amphibious or ground exercise by embarked French troops. Seven hundred ninety naval and army personnel, including 160 French naval academy cadets, will embark on the deployment.