160727-N-QV906-011 SINGAPORE (July 27, 2016) Lt. Sam Rose, left, and Lt. Steve Mehr, flight officers assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 5, discusses flight operations with a local reporter aboard a P-8A Poseidon aircraft while participating in a media event during Cooperation Afloat Radiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore June 27. CARAT is a series of annual maritime execises between the U.S. Navy, 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. (U.S. Navy photo y Mass Communicaitons Specialist 1st Class Micah Blechner/RELEASED)