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TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka (June 23, 2021) Lt. Christopher Spadaro, left, from Whittier, Calif., and Chief Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) Brett Collins, from Jackson, Tenn., watch the welcoming ceremony provided by the Sri Lankan Navy aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), during the ship's arrival ahead of Cooperation Afloat and Readiness at Sea Training (CARAT) Sri Lanka, June 23. In its 27th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and partner navies’ abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.
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