29 March 2017, 16:18 GMT
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The exercise involved 11 ships and US Navy guided-missile destroyer Mahan, and included defensive navigation tactics, gunnery training, ship boarding and search-and-rescue.
"The trilateral exercise concept was driven by the desire of the three partner nations to cooperatively address threats that exist in the [Persian] Gulf," the release stated.
A new trilateral format will replace separate US-Iraq and US-Kuwait bilateral monthly exercises and be conducted quarterly, the Navy explained.
The exercises are driven by the three nations’ desire to cooperatively address threats that exist in the Persian Gulf.
