INDIAN OCEAN (June 27, 2021) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, assigned to the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), lands on the deck of Sri Lanka Navy Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel SLNS Sayurala (P-623) during a deck land qualification exercise, as a part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Sri Lanka, June 27, 2021. 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. (Sri Lanka Navy Media courtesy photo)