Thai and U.S. Navies train together in CARAT exercises
Pledging to keep the seas free and safe, navies from the Kingdom of Thailand and the U.S. drilled together in May in the annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), the 29th time the two forces have participated in the joint exercises.
“This exercise remains a model for U.S.–Thai cooperation that has evolved in complexity and allowed our navies to refine operations and tactics in response to emerging challenges,” said Rear Admiral Derek Trinque of the U.S. Navy and commander of the CARAT Task Group.
Security on the oceans is an important component of the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy, which seeks to work with allies to safeguard freedom of navigation from the Indian Ocean to…
