The official party of Exercise Tiger Balm 12 Col. William J. Prendergast, 82 Rear Operations Center, Col. Lee, 3rd Division, Singapore Armed Forces, and Brig. Gen. Gary Hara, Hawaii National Guard Commander and Director of the Exercise, render salutes as the national anthems of Singapore and the United States during the opening ceremony of the exercise at the Hawaii National Guard Regional Training Institute, Waimanalo, Hawaii, on July 10. The training exercise is conducted to foster international military and cultural relationships between Singapore and the U.S. militaries.