ATLANTIC OCEAN--Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Sweet-Charity Keplinger watches as several crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Forward prepare to moor to a fuel pier in Dakar, Senegal, June 12, 2011.
The Forward will be the primary operational platform for the Africa Partnership Station (APS) initiative in West Africa, and will focus on operating side-by-side with regional maritime services in order to stop and deter illicit transnational maritime activity by conducting these operations with African navies.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Annie R. B. Elis.
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