210630-N-WU807-1035 INDIAN OCEAN (June 30, 2021) Sri Lankan Navy Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel SLNS Sayurala (P-623), left, Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), center, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Asagiri-class destroyer JS Yuugiri (DD-153) practice divisional tactics as a part of an exercise for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), June 30. In its 27th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance and partner navies' abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-tradit


210630-N-WU807-1035 INDIAN OCEAN (June 30, 2021) Sri Lankan Navy Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel SLNS Sayurala (P-623), left, Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), center, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Asagiri-class destroyer JS Yuugiri (DD-153) practice divisional tactics as a part of an exercise for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), June 30. In its 27th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance and partner navies' abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.


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