defenceWeb Written by US Africa Command - 4th Mar 2021 200 The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and the Royal Moroccan Navy frigate Tarik Ben Ziyad - US Africa Command, MC3 Cameron The exercise enhances interoperability between the US and Moroccan Navies across multiple warfare areas, many of which include: surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, air and strike warfare, combined logistics support, maritime interdiction operations. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG) is participating in Lightning Handshake, a bi-lateral maritime exercise between the US and the Royal Moroccan Navy and Royal Moroccan Air Force during the first week of March.