221025-N-FO714-1178 MUARA, Brunei (Oct. 25, 2022) Royal Brunei Navy Lt. Hayat Nabilah, acting navigation officer of Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessel KDB Daruttaqwa (DTQ 09), gives a tour of the ship’s pilot house to Capt. Walter Mainor, commander, Task Force 71, and Cmdr. Clayton Beas, commanding officer of Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei, Oct. 25. CARAT Brunei 2022 highlights the 28th anniversary of CARAT among Allies and partners as a way to demonstrate long-term commitment to streng


221025-N-FO714-1178 MUARA, Brunei (Oct. 25, 2022) Royal Brunei Navy Lt. Hayat Nabilah, acting navigation officer of Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessel KDB Daruttaqwa (DTQ 09), gives a tour of the ship’s pilot house to Capt. Walter Mainor, commander, Task Force 71, and Cmdr. Clayton Beas, commanding officer of Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei, Oct. 25. CARAT Brunei 2022 highlights the 28th anniversary of CARAT among Allies and partners as a way to demonstrate long-term commitment to strengthening relationships throughout South and Southeast Asia and to highlight Navy commitment to key Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) partners to reinforce ASEAN centrality. Exercises like this one reassure our Allies and partners of the commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific.


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