13th MEU Subject Matter Expert Exchanges

by Sgt. Brendan Custer

20 January 2023 COLOMBO, SRI LANKA -- A U.S. Navy Sailor assigned to the amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 13th Marine expeditionary Unit, take a group photo with members of the Sri Lanka Navy during a Women, Peace and Security symposium for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training/Marine Exercise Sri Lanka 2023 in Colomobo, Jan. 20. 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. Brendan Custer)