14 December 2015 With Another Year of CARAT Complete, DESRON 7 Looks to the Future The 21st year of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) bilateral exercise series ended Nov. 20 following the successful completion of CARAT Cambodia.Consisting of subject matter exchanges and events, training symposia and at-sea serials, CARAT is the U.S. 7th Fleet’s premier naval...
22 December 2014 USS Fort Worth Arrives in Jakarta for First Southeast Asia Port Visit Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 22 as part of a 16-month rotational deployment in support of the Indo-Asia-Pacific rebalance. The port visit is Fort Worth's first in Southeast Asia, and also marks the first LCS visit to Indonesia, an archipelagic...
22 December 2014 Arrival of Ship Tangible Symbol of US Rebalance to Asia-Pacific A new ship is coming to the region. The USS Fort Worth, a USNavy littoral combat ship (LCS), left its home port in San Diego last month,bound for Singapore, from where it will spend the better part of 16 monthsoperating with the people and navies of the Asia-Pacific region. We're excited that this...