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    13th MEU USS Anchorage CARAT/MAREX Sri Lanka 22 Opening Ceremony [Image 7 of 7]

    13th MEU USS Anchorage CARAT/MAREX Sri Lanka 22 Opening Ceremony

    COLOMBO, SRI LANKA

    01.20.2023

    Photo by Sgt. Kevin Rivas 

    13th Marine Expeditionary Unit   

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Jan. 19, 2023) – Rear Adm. Pradeep Rathnayake, deputy chief of staff and director general operations, Sri Lankan Navy, exchanges gifts with U.S. Navy Capt. Sean Lewis, deputy commodore, Destroyer Squadron 7, for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training/Marine Exercise Sri Lanka 2023 in Colombo, Jan. 19. CARAT/MAREX Sri Lanka is a bilateral exercise between Sri Lanka and the United States designed to promote regional security cooperation, practice humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and strengthen maritime understanding, partnerships, and interoperability. In its 28th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and partner forces’ abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kevin G. Rivas)

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    Date Taken: 01.20.2023
    Date Posted: 01.20.2023 10:55
    Photo ID: 7594918
    VIRIN: 230120-M-GH531-2082
    Resolution: 5112x3651
    Size: 2.77 MB
    Location: COLOMBO, LK

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