 Welcome to All Hands Update, here's what's happening around your Navy. A U.S. Navy destroyer operating in international waters experienced several close interactions by Russian aircraft April 11th and 12th. While conducting landing drills with an allied helicopter, two Russian Su-24 jets made numerous close range and low altitude passes. The following day, a Russian helicopter conducted circles at low altitude around the U.S. warship, and two Russian jets conducted low altitude close range passes. That caused Donald Cook to secure flight operations. U.S. officials are using existing diplomatic channels to address the interactions, while the incidents are also being reviewed through U.S. Navy channels. USS Port Royal and USS Coronado successfully completed an independent deployer certification exercise along the coast of Southern California. The exercise is designed to provide realistic integrated training to assess independently deployed units while exercising advanced level mission skills. You can read more about what's happening around your Navy at Navy.mil.