U.S. Navy Capt Peter J. Brennan, commodore of the amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans, stands in front of a Peruvian Naval Helicopter after a large scale multinational amphibious beach assault in Ancon, Peru on July 19. The USS New Orleans was deployed in support of operation Partnership of the Americas/Southern Exchange, a combined amphibious exercise designed to enhance cooperative partnerships with maritime forces from Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia.