CARAT 2013 [Image 30 of 38]

USS FREEDOM (LCS 1), AT SEA

06.18.2013

Photo by Ensign Cassandra Thompson 

Defense Imagery Management Operations Center     

Boatswains Mate 1st Class James Small assigned to USS Freedom (LCS 1) directs a Royal Malaysian Navy Super Lynx as it does touch and go training on the flight deck. The Super Lynx, call sign RENTAP, is the first foreign helicopter to ever land on Freedom. Freedom is in Malaysia participating in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2013. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timore Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Cassandra Thompson/Released)

• Date Taken: 06.18.2013
• Date Posted: 12.03.2014 23:18
• Photo ID: 1683242
• VIRIN: 130618-N-PD773-044
• Resolution: 1800x1200
• Size: 1.39 MB
• Location: USS FREEDOM (LCS 1), AT SEA