DVIDS – News – Patrol Squadron 10 Continues Partnership with Brunei Through CARAT Exercise

By Lt. j.g. Brian DePaola

RIMBA AIR BASE, Brunei – Fight Aircrew (CAC) 9 of the “Crimson Lancers” Patrol Squadron (VP) 10 joined the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) and USS Charleston (LCS 18) for the twenty eighth annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Coaching (CARAT) train on Rimba Air Base, Brunei, Oct 24 – 31.

Hosted by the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF), this bilateral occasion demonstrates the U.S. Navy’s long-term curiosity in strengthening relationships with companions within the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations. CARAT 2022 goals to advertise regional safety cooperation, keep and strengthen maritime partnerships, and improve interoperability amongst collaborating forces.

Aircrew and maintainers from VP-10 got the chance to mission plan and practice with the RBAF whereas discussing the capabilities and roles of the P-8A Poseidon.

“I discovered rather a lot on a cultural and strategic stage from working with our RBAF counterparts,” mentioned Lt. j.g. Brandon Aro, a CAC-9 flight officer within the detachment. “We have been in a position to share data and techniques about completely different mission situations which strengthen our interoperability and results in improved and standardized evolutions sooner or later.”

Over the course of eight days, the “Crimson Lancers” crew hosted a number of distinguished guests together with Commander Operations Group of the Royal Brunei Air Power Colonel Hishamuddin bin Abidin and took part in quite a few combined-force occasions. The “Crimson Lancers” demonstrated how you can preflight the P-8A Poseidon plane, exchanged data with different material consultants, and toured the Charleston with members of the RBAF.

CAC-9 wrapped up CARAT operations with a remaining monitoring train geared toward rising each navies’ understanding of monitoring and pursuing targets using floor ships and plane.

The “Crimson Lancers” are primarily based in Jacksonville, Florida and are presently working from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. The squadron conducts maritime patrol and reconnaissance, in addition to theater outreach operations, as a part of a rotational deployment to the U.S. seventh Fleet space of operations.