English: CELEBES SEA (July 8, 2012) Philippine Navy ships BRP Salvador Abcede (PG 114), BRP Miguel Malvar (PS 19), and BRP IloIlo (PS 32); Philippine Coast Guard ship PCG Pampanga (SARV 003); and USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) steam together with and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (not pictured) to mark the conclusion of the at-sea phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Philippines 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, and Thailand. Timor Leste joins the exercise for the first time in 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gregory A. Harden II/Released)