A Thai boy pretends to go to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) with U.S. Navy Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Adrine Thomas after a community service project at a local social center.  Germantown is in Thailand supporting exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2012. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.  Timor Leste joins CARAT for the first time in 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gregory A. Harden II)
<br>Unit: Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training
Petty Officer 3rd Class Gregory Harden
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