A joint exercise titled ‘Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)- 2019’ between Bangladesh Navy and the US Navy started on Monday at Bangladesh Navy’s School of Maritime Warfare and Tactics (SMWT) auditorium in Chattogram.
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (operations) Bangladesh Navy Rear Admiral M Makbul Hossain was present as the chief guest in the opening ceremony while Rear Admiral Murray Tynch, commander logistic group, Western Pacific Command Task Force 73 (CTF-73) of the US Navy was present as special guest. Besides, all administrative authorities of Chattogram Naval Area, representative of Armed Forces Division and senior officers of three services were present, among others, said an ISPR press release. Exercise CARAT is the biggest naval exercise between Bangladesh Navy and the US Navy. In addition to Bangladesh Navy, US Navy operates this bilateral exercise at various times along with other countries. The exercise is being held mainly in two phases. In the first phase, various preparations and coordination meetings were held under the pre-training phase from November 2 to 3, 2019. The second phase is conducting from November 4 to 7, 2019 with different subject-based training and exercise, it said.
