210627-N-WU807-1077 INDIAN OCEAN (June 27, 2021) Mineman 3rd Class Dalton Miller, left, from Mount Union, Pa., and Mineman 2nd Class Robert Dasch, from Bayport, , run after attaching cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, assigned to Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), during a vertical replenishment exercise, as a part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), June 27. In its 27th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance and partner navies' abilit


210627-N-WU807-1077 INDIAN OCEAN (June 27, 2021) Mineman 3rd Class Dalton Miller, left, from Mount Union, Pa., and Mineman 2nd Class Robert Dasch, from Bayport, , run after attaching cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, assigned to Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), during a vertical replenishment exercise, as a part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), June 27. 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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