CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore (Jan. 13, 2022)- U.S. Marine Corps Col. S. Lee Meyer, commanding officer, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gives a gift to Maj. Daryl Quah Whye Sheong, commanding officer, Fast Craft and Training Unit, 3rd Flotilla, during the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training/Marine Exercise Singapore closing ceremony, Jan. 13. CARAT/MAREX Singapore is a bilateral exercise between Singapore and the United States designed to promote regional security cooperation, maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships, and enhance maritime cooperation. In its 28th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and partner forces’ abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcus E. Melara)