Coast Guard Cutter Forward on deployment
Summary
ATLANTIC OCEAN--Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Lincoln Mishoe operates the M240 machine gun as part of a gunnery exercise onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Forward while underway during an Africa Partnership Station (APS) mission June 16, 2011.
The Forward is the primary operational platform for the APS initiative in 2011, and will be working with our African partner nations to strengthen global maritime partnerships through operations and other collaborative activities, including law enforcement, seamanship, search and rescue operations, environmental stewardship, maritime awareness, medical readiness, and navigation.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Annie R. B. Elis.
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Date
16/06/2011
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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