 Welcome to All Hands Update, I'm Petty Officer Tony Rosa. These are your headlines from around the fleet. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group is working with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force during Exercise Keen Sword. The bilateral field training exercise began November 11th and is designed to increase combat readiness and strengthen partnerships between US and Japanese forces. More than 10,000 US personnel are participating in Keen Sword. The final phase of the 20th annual Cooperation of Float Readiness and Training, or CARAT, began in Brunei, November 10th. This year's exercise focuses on maritime security, search and rescue, shipboard helicopter operations and a simulated medical evacuation at sea. Symposia shore will be held to bring professionals from both navies together to discuss best practices in military law and medicine. CARAT Brunei is scheduled to end November 14th.