Sailors assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) render hand salutes to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Harusame (DD 102). Vandegrift is underway in preparation for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Philippines 2012, is a series of bilateral military exercises between the Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Timor Leste joins CARAT for the first time in 2012.
Sailors assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) render hand salutes to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Harusame (DD 102). Vandegrift is underway in preparation for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Philippines 2012, is a series of bilateral military exercises between the Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Timor Leste joins CARAT for the first time in 2012.
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