U.S. Coast Guard Chief Machinery Technician James Sears, assigned to the national security cutter USCGC Waesche (WMSL 751), explains the use of a plugging kit to members of the Philippine Coast Guard and Navy aboard the Pacific Rose Explorer during a rescue and assistance training event. This event is part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2012 Philippines. 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Gregory A. Harden II)