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SUBANG, Malaysia (Dec. 5, 2022) –After completing exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia, Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 showcased the maritime capabilities of the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon to distinguished visitors during familiarization flights, Dec 2-5.
The distinguished visitors included U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia Brian D. McFeeters, Royal Malaysian Army (RMA) Col. Razali, Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Capt. Hakim, Air Attaché of the U.S. Air Force Col. Damian Panajia, Naval Attaché Capt. Andrew Marocco, Defense Attaché U.S. Navy Capt. Muhammad Khan, Economic Counsellor of the U.S. Embassy of Malaysia David Williams, CEO of Batik Air Capt. Mushafiz Mustafa Bakri, and Political Officer of the U.S. Embassy Urfa Qadri.
The purpose of the flights were to showcase capabilities of the P-8A, display the interoperability and integration between the U.S. and Malaysia, and demonstrate continued support for U.S. Allies and partners in the region.
For the flights, VP-45 coordinated a subject matter expert exchange with Malaysian counterparts for information sharing. The squadron conducted three flights over the span of four days, demonstrating the interoperability between the participating forces.
“We enjoyed coming today to learn how everything operates,” said RMN Capt. Hakim. “Having the ability to communicate between different military entities, to include foreign militaries, will assist us in our mission to protect our waters from piracy, smuggling and human trafficking. This will help us maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific region.”
During the flight brief, Capt. Marocco expressed his appreciation of the U.S.-Malaysia partnership to Col. Razali.
“It has been awesome to watch the exchanges unfold as nations begin to open post-pandemic,” said Marocco. “We are grateful the Malaysian military allowed us to showcase our P-8A capabilities and that VP-45 worked hard to quickly plan in extension from the CARAT Malaysia exercise.”
These flights took place following the completion of exercise CARAT Malaysia 2022, a combined maritime exercise designed to help strengthen interoperability and increase collective war-fighting readiness, maritime superiority and power projection, as well as the maritime domain awareness capabilities of the Malaysian Armed Forces.
“I am proud of our security cooperation and military partnership with Malaysia,” said McFeeters. “We look forward to continuing our friendship and further enhancing our strong relations as we work towards our common goal of maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific.”
VP-45 is currently on a scheduled deployment in support of U.S. 7th Fleet, conducting routine maritime patrol flights out of Misawa, Japan, to promote regional security for a free and open Indo-Pacific.
| Date Taken: | 12.07.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 12.06.2022 21:41 |
| Story ID: | 434650 |
| Location: | MY |
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