CARAT Indonesia Underway in Surabaya

The Indonesia phase of the 2005 edition of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise series got off to a formal start July 26 with a ceremony at the Indonesian naval base here. Sailors and officers from the staff of Destroyer Squadron 1 and the frigate USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60), which arrived in Surabaya July 25, attended the ceremony in a reception hall filled to capacity with nearly 100 Indonesian navy sailors and officers.