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Photo of the Day - CARAT Before the Stick | You Served?

May 27, 2012 By CJ
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The Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) is a series of annual bilateral military exercises. A CARAT exercise between the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and Royal Thai Navy and Marine Corps began May 17 with opening ceremonies in Sattahip. CARAT consists of a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

Any military writer worth his or her salt would do well to be covering these exercises as they take place in Thailand. During the training, Sailors and Marines from the United States and Thailand train on maritime interception Operations, riverine, amphibious and undersea warfare operations, diving and salvage operations, naval gunnery and maneuvering events, along with disaster response exercises.


Marine Staff Sgt. Michael Ladler and Royal Thai marine Lt. Khongcharoen Metha participate in a simulated amphibious assault conducted with Royal Thai and U.S. Marines for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Thailand 2012. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Aaron Glover)

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