220920-O-NR876-089 ARAFURA SEA (SEP. 20, 2022) With Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Kirisame (DD 104) in the distance, sailors assigned to the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) stand ready while preparing to conduct a replenishment-at-sea with Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Supply-class replenishment oiler HMAS Stalwart (A304) during the RAN Exercise Kakadu 2022 (KA22) in the waters off Northern Australian, Sept. 20, 2022. KA22 is the 15th iteration of the RAN’s flagship biennial regional maritime international engagement exercise, drawing together
220920-O-NR876-089 ARAFURA SEA (SEP. 20, 2022) With Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Kirisame (DD 104) in the distance, sailors assigned to the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) stand ready while preparing to conduct a replenishment-at-sea with Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Supply-class replenishment oiler HMAS Stalwart (A304) during the RAN Exercise Kakadu 2022 (KA22) in the waters off Northern Australian, Sept. 20, 2022. KA22 is the 15th iteration of the RAN’s flagship biennial regional maritime international engagement exercise, drawing together approximately 3000 personnel, 15 warships and more than 30 aircraft from 22 countries.
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