Exercise ‘CARAT’

• 07 Dec 2021

• US military personnel and Bangladesh Navy (BN) conducted the 27th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) maritime exercise in the Bay of Bengal.
• The Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (Exercise CARAT) is a series of annual bilateral military exercises conducted by the United States Pacific Fleet with several member nations of ASEAN in Southeast Asia. Currently, the navies of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand participate.