Sailors assigned to Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light (HSL 37) prepare an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter for take off from the flight deck of the guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48). 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 Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light (HSL 37) prepare an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter for take off from the flight deck of the guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48). 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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