CARAT 2006

August 6-11, 2006  ( CARAT 2006 WEBSITE )

August 9, 2006 -U.S. Ambassador Skodon introduces the Orient Express.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 8, 2006 -Engineman Fireman Tiffany Bailey of USS Tortuga (LSD 46) dances with students at Pusat Ehsan Al-Ameerah Al-Hajjah Maryam, a training center for people with disabilities. Twenty Sailors and Coast Guardsmen from Tortuga and four other exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) task group ships participated in the community service project while in Brunei for the fifth phase of the exercise series

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Muara, Brunei Darussalam (Aug. 8, 2006) - Lt.j.g. Ryan Mount of USS Hopper (DDG 70), demonstrates the proper way to hold a pistol for a Royal Brunei Navy visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team as part of the fifth phase of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John L. Beeman

Sonar Technician Surface 2nd Class Gregory Bergdoll, from USS Hopper (DDG 70), conducts training on the use of a tactical rifle for Lance Cpl. Muhd Amin, a member of a Royal Brunei Navy visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team. The training took place during the Brunei phase of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John L. Beeman

Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class David Kuefler of USS Hopper (DDG 70), pilots a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) for a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team, made up of U.S. and Royal Brunei Navy Sailors, during the Brunei phase of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). CARAT is an annual series of bilateral maritime training exercises between the United States and six Southeast Asia nations designed to build relationships and enhance the operational readiness of the participating forces. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John L. Beeman

Lt. Cmdr. John Wigglesworth of Patrol Squadron (VP) 69 explains the controls in the cockpit of a P-3C Orion to Royal Brunei Air Force Capt. Dzulkiflee Shamsol during an aircraft familiarization event as part of the Brunei phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). Maritime surveillance techniques is one of numerous skills being shared during CARAT, an annual series of bilateral maritime training exercises between the United States and six Southeast Asia nations designed to build relationships and enhance the operational readiness of the participating forces. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kathryn Whittenberger