Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)
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SATTAHIP NAVAL BASE, Thailand (June 5, 2013) - Dr. Atchariya Pangma, left, director of the Thai Bureau of Emergency Medical System Management, discusses Thailand’s current humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) response capability with U.S. Navy Sailors from Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command, Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 5, and Navy Expeditionary Combat Command during an HADR briefing hosted by the Royal Thai Navy at Abjakornkiartiwong Hospital during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise Thailand 2013.. Chaplain (Lt. Cmdr) Paul Kim, Commander Task Force (CTF) 73 chaplain, dances to the hit single “Gangnam Style,” by the artist Psy, with a child resident of the Camillian Social Center while Musician 2nd Class Bruce Fisher, a member of the Seventh Fleet Band’s “Orient Express,” drums during a community outreach event within Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise Thailand 2013. More than 1,200 Sailors and Marines are participating in CARAT Thailand. U.S. Navy ships participating in the exercise include the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11), the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) with embarked U.S. Marine Corps landing force, diving and salvage vessel USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) with embarked Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, and the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54). CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Patrick Dille) (RELEASED)
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SATTAHIP NAVAL BASE, Thailand (June 5, 2013) - Dr. Atchariya Pangma, left, director of the Thai Bureau of Emergency Medical System Management, discusses Thailand’s current humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) response capability with U.S. Navy Sailors from Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command, Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 5, and Navy Expeditionary Combat Command during an HADR briefing hosted by the Royal Thai Navy at Abjakornkiartiwong Hospital during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise Thailand 2013.. Chaplain (Lt. Cmdr) Paul Kim, Commander Task Force (CTF) 73 chaplain, dances to the hit single “Gangnam Style,” by the artist Psy, with a child resident of the Camillian Social Center while Musician 2nd Class Bruce Fisher, a member of the Seventh Fleet Band’s “Orient Express,” drums during a community outreach event within Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise Thailand 2013. More than 1,200 Sailors and Marines are participating in CARAT Thailand. U.S. Navy ships participating in the exercise include the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11), the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) with embarked U.S. Marine Corps landing force, diving and salvage vessel USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) with embarked Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, and the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54). CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Patrick Dille) (RELEASED)