Earlier this month the destroyer HMAS Sydney joined a multinational task group to conduct cooperative activities in the Pacific Ocean. Participants included the flagship of the Italian navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour, the frigate ITS Alpino, and the multi-purpose combat ship ITS Raimondo Montecuccoli, the Japanese helicopter carrier JS Izumo and the destroyer JS Onami, the French frigate FS Bretagne and the German support ship FGS Frankfurt am Main and frigate FGS Baden-Wurttemberg.