121025-N-NJ145-001 GULF OF THAILAND (Oct. 25, 2012) - Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) prepare to board the Royal Cambodian Navy patrol craft PC 1142 during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Cambodia 2012. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste. The U.S. Navy is reliable, flexible, and ready to respond worldwide on, above, and below the sea. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Robert Clowney/Released)