MUARA, Sunday, 09 November 2014 – USS Rodney M. Davis, an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate from the United States Navy (USN) has arrived this morning at Muara Commercial Port for the Cooperation Afloat and Readiness Training (CARAT) Exercise 2014 that will take place from 10 November 2014 until 14 November 2014.
Present to receive and welcome the ship was Lieutenant Colonel (L) Muhammad Hadi Syarifuddin bin Hj Muhammad Hassanal Mega, the Commanding Officer of KDB DARULAMAN as well as the Deputy Commander Task Group (DCTG) for Exercise CARAT 2014.
CARAT is an annual exercise consisting of a series of bilateral training evolutions between the U.S. and several Southeast Asian countries such as Brunei, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. This year’s exercise will focus on building professional knowledge as well as exposing personnel from both parties on naval operations.
