Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Eric Short, left, and Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Joanah Mica Talao, both assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23, replace parts on a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) 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)