A combined Thai and U.S. military force participated in Exercise CARAT 2004 in several locations in Thailand. Here, Royal Thai Marines storm ashore from a U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion during a mock amphibious assault on a Thai beach. Photo by JOC Joseph Krypel, USNR

A combined RTN-U.S. Navy task group steams together during the underway portion of the exercise. (L to R back row and front row) U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mellon (WHEC 717), USS McCampbell (DDG 85), His Royal Thai Majesty’s Ship (HTMS) Taksin, USS Salvor (ARS 52), USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), HTMS Phuttha Yontfa Chulalok, USS Russell (DDG 59), and HTMS Rathana Kosin. Photo by AZ2 Andrew Ayres, USN

U.S. sailors load the MK 62 Quick Strike mine aboard a P-3C Orion aircraft before a mine-laying exercise. Photo by JOC Joseph Krypel, USNR

Indian Army instructors observe U.S. soldiers calibrating their weapons during marksmanship training.

RTN personnel listen to a U.S. Coast Guardsman explain a questioning technique before a maritime boarding and law enforcement event. Photo by JOC Joseph Krypel, USNR

Thai Marine E-2 Adisak Longsak, left, works alongside U.S. Navy SW2 Pedro Rodriguez to smooth the surface of a concrete floor at a school in Rayong Province. Photo by JOC Joseph Krypel, USNR

RTN Rear Adm. Tawewuth Pongsapipatt, Commander of Frigate Squadron 2, shakes hands with U.S. Navy Capt. Lothrop S. “Buzz” Little, Commander of Destroyer Squadron One and the CARAT Task Group, following the closing ceremony of CARAT Thailand 2004. Photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USNR

The Commander-in-Chief, Royal Thai Fleet, Adm. Vichai Yuwanangoon (left), accompanied by Rear Adm. Kevin Quinn (center), Commander of Task Force 712 and the U.S. Navy’s executive agent for CARAT 2004, and U.S. Navy Capt. Lothrop S. “Buzz” Little, Commander of Destroyer Squadron One and the CARAT Task Group, speaks with U.S. Navy Lt. Miguel Iniguez during an inspection of troops that concluded the opening ceremony of CARAT Thailand. U.S. Navy photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USNR

Royal Thai Navy (RTN) sailors and Marines stand at attention alongside U.S. Coast Guardsmen and U.S. Navy sailors in front of the USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) during the opening ceremony for the Thailand phase of Exercise CARAT. Photo by JOC Joseph Krypel, USNR

Vice Adm. Wallop Kerdpol, RTN Assistant Chief of Staff Operations, and Rear Adm. Yuttana Phaqpolngam, Director of the RTN Headquarters’ Operations Department, observe a demonstration of the U.S. Navy’s Portable Allied Command, Control and Communications Terminal installed on His Thai Majesty’s Ship (HTMS) Taksin. Photo by JOC Melinda Larson, USNR

A Thai Navy diver and a U.S. Navy diver aboard the USS Salvor (ARS 52) check the MK21 hard hat before a dive event. Photo by EM1 Elysian McIntyre, USN

As a Thai Navy nurse translates, U.S. Navy Capt. Michael McNamara, a dentist, administers anesthetic to a 7-year-old Thai student at Ban Yai Chan School in Rayong Province. Photo by JOC Joseph Krypel, USNR

Thai Marines storm the beach after exiting a U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion during an amphibious assault exercise. Photo by JOC Joseph Krypel, USNR