A US Navy Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) team, aboard a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB), from the Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS COWPENS (CG 63), rehearse using a hook-and-pull assembly during a ship boarding exercise in the Pacific Ocean. The Navy uses VBSS teams for three general missions: maritime interdiction operations in support of the Global War On Terrorism, counter drug operations, and for the support of homeland defense. (U.S. Navy photo by LT. Jeffery Jenkins) (Released)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Cowpens (CG 63)
Scene Camera Operator: LT Jeffery Jenkins, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
31/08/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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