MALAYSIA (June 21, 2013) Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) embarked aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) use amphibious assault vehicles, smoke flares and explosives for an amphibious assault off the coast of Malaysia during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2013. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timore-Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Cassandra Thompson)