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U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Joaquin Martinez, vice commander, U.S. 7th Fleet gives a speech during the opening ceremony for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2022, Dec. 7. CARAT Indonesia is a bilateral exercise between Indonesia and the United States designed to promote regional security cooperation, maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships, and enhance maritime interoperability. In its28th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and partner navies’ and marine corps abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Apprentice MCSA Joshua Martinez)