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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Jan. 26, 2023) U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung, Rear Adm. Joaquin Martinez, vice commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, and Vice Adm. Priyantha Perera, commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, cut a cake during the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training/Marine Exercise Sri Lanka 2023 closing ceremony in Colombo, Jan. 26. CARAT/MAREX Sri Lanka is a bilateral exercise between Sri Lanka and the United States designed to promote regional security cooperation, practice humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and strengthen maritime understanding, partnerships, and interoperability. In its 28th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and partner forces’ abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kevin G. Rivas)

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