CARAT Cambodia Makes First Homeland Visit for Three Sailors Possible

When U.S. and royal Cambodian navies began their 2nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Cambodia exercise Oct. 20, three Sailors assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) were looking forward to the week ahead more than others. For them, it would be their first visit to their ancestral homeland.

Navies Head to Sea for CARAT Cambodia Exercise

U.S. and royal Cambodian navies began their 2nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Cambodia exercise Oct. 20, with a pierside opening ceremony at the port of Sihanoukville.

PF Ships Moor at Port Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Pacific Fleet (PF) task unit headed by large ASW ship Admiral Panteleyev on Sept 8 paid formal call at port Sihanoukville, Kingdom of Cambodia.

In the recent history of Russia, this is the first visit of our naval servicemen to Cambodia. Soviet Navy ships had been visiting this country since 1968 till 1987.

US aiming to strengthen its ties

Photo by: Heng Chivoan

BRIGADIER-General Richard Simcock, the US Defense Department’s principal director for Southern and Southeast Asia, met with senior Cambodian defence officials yesterday in a series of talks focusing on military ties. 

Deals with China inked

The Zhi-9

CAMBODIA agreed to acquire Chinese-made Z-9 helicopters for US$195 million in one of 26 memorandums of understanding agreed by the two countries on Saturday.