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ARAFURA SEA (Sept. 19, 2022) The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston, center, sails in company with Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ship HMAS Hobart (DDG 39) during the RAN Exercise Kakadu 2022 (KA22) in the waters off Northern Australian, Sept. 19, 2022. KA22 is the 15th iteration of the RAN’s flagship biennial regional maritime international engagement exercise, drawing together approximately 3000 personnel, 15 warships and more than 30 aircraft from 22 countries. (Photo courtesy of Royal Australian Navy LSIS Tara Morrison)