Republic of Singapore Navy sailors Lt. Willie Wee and Cpl. Austine Yapp climb aboard the guided-missiledestroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) as part of a sailor exchange during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore 2016 in the South China Sea, July 26, 2016.
CARAT is a series of annual maritime exercises between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations to include Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Timor-Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Pearl) Original public domain image from Flickr