Lt. Wyatt Vele, left, assigned to the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) sits junior officer of the deck watch during a sea and anchor evolution as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2024 in the Gulf of Thailand, July 23, 2024. This year marks the 30th iteration of CARAT, a multinational exercise series designed to enhance U.S. and partner navies' abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daemon Pellegran)