Exercise Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) was conducted in the Philippine and South China seas. SEACAT enhances tactics to counter criminal and terroristic situations encountered by maritime forces. Liaison officers from five Asia-Pacific nations participated with the U.S. Navy. Here, a Singapore Navy gunner, aboard the Singapore patrol vessel RSS Resilience, keeps his gun trained on the exercise’s mock target ship, the USNS Concord (T-AFS 5), before a Singapore naval boarding team boarded the ship. Photo by Lt. j.g. Adam S. Bashaw, USN

A Malaysian Navy officer aboard the cutter Mellon (WHEC 717) watches a U.S. Coast Guardsman check crewmembers’ identification cards against the ship’s roster to account for everyone aboard following a VBSS event on board the mock rogue ship, the USNS Concord (T-AFS 5). Photo by JO2(SW) Stephen Haynes, USN

An Indonesian Navy liaison officer and a U.S Coast Guardsman keep watch during a VBSS exercise aboard the USNS Concord (T-AFS 5). Photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USN

Liaison officers from the navies of Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mellon (WHEC-717) listen to a U.S. Coast Guard officer explain how the Coast Guard uses rigid hull inflatable boats during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS). Photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USN

A Royal Brunei Navy officer and a U.S. Coast Guardsman discuss VBSS tactics, while Singapore Navy officers review photos of the VBSS event on board the USNS Concord (T-AFS 5). Photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USN

Naval liaison officers from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines watch U.S Photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USN

A Singapore Navy officer aboard the USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) descends to a U.S. Coast Guard rigid hull inflatable boat during the exercise. Photo by JOSN David Ham, USN