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View or download this image		 Subic Bay, Philippines (Aug. 4, 2004) -- Capt. Buzz Little, commander of Destroyer Squadron 1 and the exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Task Group, speaks with Philippine Navy Commodore Victor Parawan, commander of his Navy's Naval Reserve Command, during the closing ceremony of the Philippines phase of CARAT.   
CARAT exercise series concludes with closing of Philippines phase

  SUBIC BAY, Philippines -- The 2004 edition of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise series ended Aug.4 with the closing ceremony of the Philippine phase. 
  “Through each and everyone’s cooperative efforts, this exercise we have just completed, will without question, serve to strengthen and reinforce the importance and relevance of conducting CARAT Philippines in the future,” said Capt. Buzz Little, commander of Destroyer Squadron One and the CARAT Task Group during his closing ceremony remarks. >MORE

CARAT is a regularly scheduled series of bilateral military training exercises with several 
Southeast Asia nations designed to enhance interoperability of the respective sea services.
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