Damage Controlman 3rd Class Alvin Brown, right, assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie, conducts piping and shoring drills with sailors from the Chinese People's Liberation Army-Navy , during a search and rescue exercise off the coast of Hawaii. The SAREX and this past weekend's port visit by three ships at Pearl Harbor is part of the U.S. Navy's ongoing effort to maximize opportunities for developing relationships with foreign navies as a tool to build trust, encourage multilateral cooperation, enhance transparency, and avoid miscalculation in the Pacific.