ATLANTIC OCEAN-Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Troy King demonstrates a take down on Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Brewer, as part of law enforcement training onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Forward during an Africa Partnership Station (APS) mission May 26, 2011.
The Forward is the primary operational APS platform in 2011, and will be working with our African partner nations to conduct professional exchanges in many areas, including seamanship, search and rescue operations, environmental stewardship, maritime awareness, law enforcement, medical readiness and navigation. Roughly two thirds of the crew participated in the use of force training, which included boarding team member tactics such as kicks, punches, stuns and take downs. Six Liberian Coast Guard members onboard during the Forward-s APS patrol also participated in the training.
-Were conducting this training to enable the crew to be able to protect the ship while we are in certain foreign ports during an international patrol,�?� said King.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Annie Elis.
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