U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) Sept. 24, 2010, while under way in the Philippine Sea. The Marines are from the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) which is on patrol in the western Pacific Ocean. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin, U.S. Navy/Released)
GULF OF ADEN (Oct. 18, 2010) Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team fire M-4 rifles during weapons training aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52). Pearl Harbor is part of Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established in January 2009 to conduct counter-piracy operations in and around the Gulf of Aden and Somali Basin. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Russell/Released)
Having completed a successful ship boarding exercise, Royal Marines from Type 22 frigate HMS Cornwall leave the scene aboard the ship's Pacific 24 seaboats. Using boarding ladders, the marines practiced the hazardous process of embarking and disembarking a ship at sea. The Royal Navy is often required to board and search vessels that are suspected of breaking international law, usually either piracy or narcotics smuggling.
Able Seaman Nick Holden (left) and Ordinary Seaman William Donaghy (right) from Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Athabaskan search Naval Ship HUGO as part of a boarding exercise during Task Group Exercise (TGEX) in Norfolk Harbour, United States on 12 November 2010.
Sub-Lieutenant Scot Whyte (left) and Lieutenant (Navy) Jason Walsh (right) from Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Athabaskan, assure the identity of the suspects during the search of Naval Ship HUGO as part of a boarding exercise during Task Group Exercise (TGEX) in Norfolk Harbour, United States on 12 November 2010.
Leading Seaman Andrew Childs from Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Athabaskan searches Naval Ship HUGO as part of a boarding exercise during Task Group Exercise (TGEX) in Norfolk Harbour, United States, on 12 November 2010.
Leading Seaman (LS) Andrew Childs from Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Athabaskan picks up a suspicious product showed by Mr. Rudin Salmai (left), suspect onboard the Naval Ship HUGO as part of a boarding exercise during Task Group Exercise (TGEX) in Norfolk Harbour, United States on 12 November 2010. Petty Officer 2nd class Robert Hollett (behind LS Childs) and Lieutenant Commander David Patchell (back) assist the search of the ship.
Leading Seaman Matthew Campbell from Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Montreal stands guard while Master Seaman Jason Boudreau searches a suspicious person as part of a boarding exercise onboard the HMCS Athabaskan during Task Group Exercise (TGEX) in Norfolk Harbour, United States on 11 November 2010.
U.S. Sailors assigned to a visit, board, search and seizure team and Coast Guardsmen assigned to the Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment Team embarked aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) conduct a counterpiracy operations briefing while under way in the Arabian Sea Jan. 1, 2011. The Lake Champlain is deployed with Commander, Task Force 151 supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael O'Day, U.S. Navy/Released)