CARAT 2013 [Image 8 of 9]

SINGAPORE

07.22.2013

Photo by Larry Foos 

Defense Imagery Management Operations Center     

Singapore port authority pilots guide the Military Sealift Command's Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) through the Johor Strait as the ship gets underway during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore 2013. More than 700 sailors and Marines are participating in CARAT Singapore. U.S. Navy units participating in CARAT Singapore include the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), the Washington Chambers, a U.S. Marine Corps platoon assigned to 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 staff, serving as Commander Task Force 73.1 and CARAT Commander. 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 Chief Mass Communication Specialist Larry Foos. (RELEASED)

• Date Taken: 07.22.2013
• Date Posted: 07.25.2013 03:02
• Photo ID: 980528
• VIRIN: 130722-N-LY466-036
• Resolution: 2268x1620
• Size: 420.46 KB
• Location: SG