Bahrain, the United Kingdom and the United States participated in Exercise Goalkeeper in the Persian Gulf since Sunday.
Officials say the five-day exercise was part of an effort to test communication and cooperation between nations when a suspicious vessel is in the region potentially threatening coalition nations, the U.S. Navy reported.
"Exercise Goalkeeper provides coalition and regional navies an opportunity to fine-tune their skills in conducting essential maritime security operations," British Royal Navy Commodore Peter Hudson, commander, Combined Task Force 152, said in a statement.
The U.S. Navy, British Royal Navy and the Bahrain navy participated in locating and tracking vessels, with teams boarding the vessels to perform security operations.
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