Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) receive a safety briefing at the ship simulator training facility of the Republic of Singapore's Police Coast Guard during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2014. In its 20th year, CARAT is a bilateral exercise series between the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations, to include Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor-Leste. The CARAT 2014 exercise series commenced in May and will continue through November. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gabriel S. Weber/Released)