Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercises are annual bilateral exercises between the U.S. and many Southeast Asia navies. Here the U.S. CARAT Task Group Commander, Capt. Frank Guest, joins Royal Thai Navy Rear Adm. Nopporn Ajarakom, the Commander of Frigate Squadron One, at opening ceremonies for CARAT 98 in Thailand.

A Thai-U.S. naval boarding team is lowered from the USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) for a naval boarding exercise.

Singapore and U.S. naval officers have lunch together after opening ceremonies for CARAT 98.

Lt. Col. Mahaleh Bin Haji Abdul Majid, Acting Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy, welcomes the the U.S. CARAT task force staff to Brunei.

Lt. Cmdr. Tim Rudderow, USN, discusses amphibious operations plans with Malaysian naval officers.

CARAT often involves local volunteer community work by U.S. personnel. Here U.S. personnel finish repainting school tables and chairs at the Kaca House School in Brunei.