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    Coalition officers train on U.S. Navy ship

    GULF OF ADEN, USCENTCOM, AT SEA

    03.30.2008

    Photo by Tech. Sgt. Darrell Dean 

    Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa

    Chief Engineer Lt. Scott Washburn, USS Germantown, briefs officers from the Djibouti navy on the features of the radar tank level indicator located in one of the ship's engineering compartments. Germantown hosted coalition navy officers from Djibouti, Seychelles, and Yemen for a four day training session on ship maintenance, visit board search and seizure techniques, damage control procedures, and other aspects of shipboard operations while underway in the Gulf of Aden. Germantown is part of the USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group and is currently conducting Maritime Security Operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. MSO helps set the conditions for security in the maritime environment. From security arises stability that results in global economic prosperity. MSO complements the counter-terrorism and security efforts of regional nations and seek to disrupt violent extremists use of the maritime environment as a venue for attack or to transport personnel, weapons or other material.

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    Date Taken: 03.30.2008
    Date Posted: 05.11.2012 05:57
    Photo ID: 88284
    VIRIN: 080330-F-7582D-171
    Resolution: 2144x1425
    Size: 656.36 KB
    Location: GULF OF ADEN, USCENTCOM, AT SEA

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