Sailors assigned to the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) use a gravity davit to lower a landing craft personnel large (LCPL) back onto the ship after boat operations
Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) prepares to anchor off the coast of Malaysia. Ashland is participating in exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2014, a bilateral maritime exercise series between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of Malaysia,
The Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) transits alongside Military Sealift Command's dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) during a replenishment at sea.
U.S. Marines, assigned to Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (LFCARAT), and soldiers of the Malaysian army prepare to depart the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) for a beach landing exercise.
Amphibious assault vehicles (AAVs), attached to Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (LFCARAT), prepare to launch from the well deck of Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48).
Landing craft air cushion (LCAC) 21, front, and LCAC 30, attached to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, prepare to depart the well deck of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48).
Amphibious assault vehicles, attached to Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (LFCARAT), launch from the well deck of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48).
CARAT 2014 = Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training USMC and Malaysia
CARAT Malaysia takes place on both coasts of the peninsula this year: amphibious training events will occur in Kuantan and Tanjung Resang beach on the east coast, while a port visit, command post exercise (CPX) and expeditionary training will occur in Lumut on the west coast.
credit : CARAT
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