DILI, Timor Leste (Feb. 26, 2014) - Vice Chief of the Timor Leste Defense Force, Brigadier General Filomeno Paixao De Jesus salutes the sideboys aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) during the closing ceremony of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Timor Leste. CARAT is a series of annual bilateral exercises conducted with Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste.