CARAT Cambodia [Image 3 of 7]

GULF OF THAILAND, USPACOM, AT SEA

10.24.2011

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Clowney 

U.S. Navy           

Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Suorth Suom, a Cambodian-American sailor assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd, speaks with Royal Cambodian navy sailors during the at-sea phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Cambodia 2011. The exercise marked the first time Suom had been to his ancestral homeland since his family fled civil war in Cambodia in 1979. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness.

• Date Taken: 10.24.2011
• Date Posted: 10.28.2011 00:16
• Photo ID: 480102
• VIRIN: 111025-N-NJ145-002
• Resolution: 2100x1500
• Size: 522.15 KB
• Location: GULF OF THAILAND, USPACOM, AT SEA