The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), left, steams in company with a combined U.S. Navy and Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) task group during the underway phase of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). The task group includes, clockwise from Boxer, the guided missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60), the Malaysian frigate RMN Lekiu and the Malaysian corvette Laksamana Muhammad Amin (F214). Malaysia is the 3rd phase of CARAT 2005, which is a regularly scheduled series of bilateral military training exercises with several Southeast Asia nations designed to enhance interoperability of the respective sea services. www.navy.mil