ATLANTIC OCEAN--An unloaded 357 caliber machine gun rests on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward as a joint U.S. and Sierra Leone law enforcement boarding team prepares to conduct a boarding on a fishing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean June 26, 2011.The Forward will be the primary operational platform for the African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) mission, a branch of the AfricaPartnership Station (APS), and will focus on operating side-by-side with regional maritime services in order to stop and deter illicit transnationalmaritime 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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