St Andrew's Students Welcomed Aboard Uss Paul Hamilton
By James Ken

Bandar Seri Begawan - The students of St Andrew's School may be the envy of other schools in the country as they had the privilege to take a closer look at the USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), one of the United State Navy's most sophisticated ships.

Yesterday afternoon, 43 students and four teachers, led by Mrs Zachariah, were welcomed by the public affairs officer, Lt Greg Flores. Miss Laura Thomas from the US embassy was also on hand to accompany the students.

The visitors were divided into two groups and were give a tour onboard the USS Paul Hamilton by Miss Kate and Mr Chris Green.

During the tour, the students had the opportunity to take a closer look at some of the weaponry of the USS Paul Hamilton, such as caliber gun mount, missile launchers, torpedo tube and state-of-the-art radar system. They also toured the bridge and control room of the ship.

Named after the honourable Paul Hamilton, the USS Paul Hamilton is part of the four US Navy ships participating in the Brunei Phase of the 2005 edition of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness And Training (CARAT) exercise series. Other US Navy ships that are joining the exercise are USS Harpers Ferry, USS Safeguard and USS Rodney M Davies.

The aim of the CARAT is to exercise skills with participating nations that contribute to the fight against sea borne threats and transnational crimes at sea.

To cap off the visit, students had a group photo taken in front of the massive ship with an official from the USS Paul Hamilton. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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