COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Jan. 20, 2023) – Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Xiaotang Xu, a career retention specialist with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, receives a gift from a Sri Lankan Navy medical officer during a Women, Peace and Security symposium for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training/Marine Exercise Sri Lanka 2023 in Colombo, Jan. 20. CARAT/MAREX Sri Lanka is a bilateral exercise between Sri Lanka and the United States designed to promote regional security cooperation, practice humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and strengthen maritime understanding
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Jan. 20, 2023) – Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Xiaotang Xu, a career retention specialist with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, receives a gift from a Sri Lankan Navy medical officer during a Women, Peace and Security symposium for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training/Marine Exercise Sri Lanka 2023 in Colombo, Jan. 20. CARAT/MAREX Sri Lanka is a bilateral exercise between Sri Lanka and the United States designed to promote regional security cooperation, practice humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and strengthen maritime understanding, partnerships, and interoperability. In its 28th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance and partner forces’ abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.
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