Landing Force Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) is a series of annual military exercises conducted by the U.S. Pacific Fleet with member nations of ASEAN. Here, U.S. Marine Corps personnel watch Commander Ivan Lee from the elite airborne brigade of the Malaysian armed forces during jungle survival training, while the U.S. Navy’s Boatswain’s Mate First Class Earnest Pippin takes a blood pressure reading from a patient in Seberang.
U.S. Navy; National Archives and Records Administration