210626-N-WU807-1036 INDIAN OCEAN (June 26, 2021) Sri Lanka Navy Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel SLNS Gajabaju (P-626), right, and SLNS Sayurala (P-623) exercise divisional tactics along with Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Sri Lanka, June 26. 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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