A Navy officer maintains communication with the ship's conning officer and gives orders to the helmsman.
Summary
CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore (Jul. 22, 2012) Ensign Will Cunha maintains communication with the ship's conning officer and gives orders to the helmsman and lee helmsman as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) gets underway for the at-sea phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore 2012. 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, and Thailand. Timor Leste joins the exercise for the first time in 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gregory A. Harden II) File# 120722-N-HI414-010