US Navy (USN) CHIEF Boatswain's Mate (BMC) Dwayne Rooker, observes his fellow crew members as they depart a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) and board the USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser, USS MONTEREY (CG 61), following small boat training conducted while underway in the Atlantic Ocean. The MONTEREY is part of a Carrier Strike Group (CGS) participating in Partnership of the Americas Exercise. The Exercise is a maritime training and readiness deployment of USN Forces with Caribbean and Latin American countries in support of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) objectives for enhanced maritime security
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Michael D. Blackwell II, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
06/04/2006
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Source
The U.S. National Archives
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