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US Seventh Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Scott H Swift arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a three-day visit to meet the Bangladesh navy chief and military and government officials to discuss maritime issues.
His last visit, this being the second, was to attend a weeklong Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise of the US and Bangladesh navies in Chittagongs Naval Base Issa Khan from September 17.
CARAT contributes to regional maritime security by enhancing capabilities in areas such as maritime interception, information sharing, anti-piracy, anti-smuggling, and combined operations at sea, said a US embassy press release yesterday.
Swift will be addressing the press today.
Seventh Fleets area of responsibility includes over 124 million square kilometers, extending from the Kuril Islands in the north to the Antarctic in the south, and from the International Date Line to the 68th meridian east, running down from the India-Pakistan border.
At any given time, there are 60-100 ships, 200-300 aircraft and 40,000 navy and Marine Corps personnel assigned to the Seventh Fleet.
source: US 7th Fleet commander arrives | The Daily Star
His last visit, this being the second, was to attend a weeklong Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise of the US and Bangladesh navies in Chittagongs Naval Base Issa Khan from September 17.
CARAT contributes to regional maritime security by enhancing capabilities in areas such as maritime interception, information sharing, anti-piracy, anti-smuggling, and combined operations at sea, said a US embassy press release yesterday.
Swift will be addressing the press today.
Seventh Fleets area of responsibility includes over 124 million square kilometers, extending from the Kuril Islands in the north to the Antarctic in the south, and from the International Date Line to the 68th meridian east, running down from the India-Pakistan border.
At any given time, there are 60-100 ships, 200-300 aircraft and 40,000 navy and Marine Corps personnel assigned to the Seventh Fleet.
source: US 7th Fleet commander arrives | The Daily Star