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130607-N-AX577-521
130607-N-AX577-521
ABOARD USS CURTIS WILBUR (DDG 54), At sea (June 7, 2013) - Chief Engineman Cordon Phillips facilitates a commemorative presentation on the mess deck aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) about the Battle of Midway, fought June 2-7, 1942 during World War II. Curtis Wilbur, forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan as part of the U.S. Navy’s Forward Deployed Naval Force, is currently underway participating in 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), Tortuga 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)
130607-N-AX577-521
130607-N-AX577-521
ABOARD USS CURTIS WILBUR (DDG 54), At sea (June 7, 2013) - Chief Engineman Cordon Phillips facilitates a commemorative presentation on the mess deck aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) about the Battle of Midway, fought June 2-7, 1942 during World War II. Curtis Wilbur, forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan as part of the U.S. Navy’s Forward Deployed Naval Force, is currently underway participating in 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), Tortuga 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)