CARAT Philippines 2013 [Image 15 of 42]

SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES

06.29.2013

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Hickok 

Navy Public Affairs Support Element West

A sailor with the Philippine Coast Guard Medical Corps prepares to enter a combat zone during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) exercise. After training the trainers for two days, U.S. sailors from the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command have moved into a support role as they handed over the class of medical and nursing students to Philippine trainers in support of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Philippines 2013 on June 29. More than 600 Sailors and Marines are participating in CARAT Philippines 2013. U.S. Navy units participating in CARAT Philippines include the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) with embarked Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 staff, a U.S. Marine Corps landing force, and the diving and salvage vessels USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) and USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52) with embarked Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1. 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 Stephen Hickok/RELEASED)

• Date Taken: 06.29.2013
• Date Posted: 08.01.2013 10:29
• Photo ID: 986235
• VIRIN: 130629-N-YU482-305
• Resolution: 2156x3000
• Size: 901.58 KB
• Location: SUBIC BAY, PH