A Sailor attached to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 37 uses a basket to simulate a rescue operation with Indonesian Boy Scouts aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) during a tour. Approximately 100 members of both the local chapter of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts visited the ship during a scheduled tour during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 2012. CARAT 2012 is a nine-country, bilateral exercise between the United States and Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, and Timor Leste and
A Sailor attached to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 37 uses a basket to simulate a rescue operation with Indonesian Boy Scouts aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) during a tour. Approximately 100 members of both the local chapter of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts visited the ship during a scheduled tour during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 2012. CARAT 2012 is a nine-country, bilateral exercise between the United States and Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, and Timor Leste and is designed to enhance maritime security skills and operational cohesiveness among participating forces. Indonesian Boys Scouts visit USS Vandegrift 120531-N-EO391-001
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