Exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2004 marked the 16th consecutive year the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) and U.S. Navy have exercised together. Here, the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Band welcomes the guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) on its arrival for the Brunei phase of CARAT 2004. Photo by Lt. Chuck Bell, USN

RBN sailors watch a U.S. Coast Guardsman demonstrate U.S. handcuff techniques during a law enforcement seminar aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mellon (WHEC 717). U.S. Navy photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USNR

A Brunei tugboat maneuvers the guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) as the ship gets underway for the at-sea portion of the Brunei phase of Exercise CARAT 2004. U.S. Navy photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USNR

An RBN sailor and a U.S. Coast Guardsman adjust the straps of an oxygen breathing apparatus for another RBN sailor before he participated in a firefighting training scenario aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mellon (WHEC 717). U.S. Navy photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USNR

The U.S. Coast Guard high endurance cutter Mellon (WHEC 717) passes the guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) already moored in Brunei’s harbor. Photo by Lt. Chuck Bell, USN

U.S. sailors remove sheet metal from a dilapidated building that posed a safety hazard to a disabled resident of Tutong District. Photo by JO2 Robert Sealover, USN

The Royal Brunei Armed Forces Band and the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet Band perform together at a Brunei shopping mall.

U.S. Navy photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USNR

An RBN Sikorsky S-70 Battle Hawk helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) during deck landing qualifications. Photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USNR

Royal Brunei Armed Forces military and civilian contractors prepare Banshee Target drones for launch from the dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43). The drones were used as targets during underway gunnery exercises. Photo by JOsn David J. Ham, USN

RBN divers aboard the rescue and salvage ship USS Salvor (ARS 52) look on as a U.S. Navy sailor shows them a U.S. chain stopper used to prevent an anchor chain and its attached rigging from moving. Photo by EM1 Elysian McIntyre, USN

RBN divers aboard the rescue and salvage ship USS Salvor (ARS 52) watch a U.S. Navy diver demonstrate the MK20 dive mask. Photo by EM1 Elysian McIntyre, USN

Attorneys from Brunei’s Navy and Attorney General’s Chambers question U.S. Navy Lt. Joe Boveri (right), Staff Judge Advocate for Commander Task Force 712, on issues such as maritime law. The discussions took place during the lawyers’ tour of the USS McCampbell (DDG 85), following a two-day legal symposium.

Photo by Lt. j.g. Todd Spitler, USNR

A Royal Brunei Armed Forces Band member plays his saxophone for his U.S. Navy counterpart. U.S. Navy photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USNr

RBN and U.S. Navy sailors play football during sports day. Photo by EM1 Elysian McIntyre, USN

RBN Fleet Commander, Lt. Col Abdul Aziz bin Haji Mohd Tamit, stands with Capt. Lothrop S. “Buzz” Little, Commander of Destroyer Squadron One and the U.S. CARAT Task Group, after exchanging hats at the closing ceremony for the Brunei phase of CARAT 2004.

U.S. Navy photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USNr