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US Navy (USN) Sailors aboard a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RIHB) from the USN Oliver Hazard Perry Class; Guided Missile Frigate, USS CARR (FFG 52) (not shown), come to the aid of distressed vessel off the coast of Sierra Leone, Africa. The small craft, with a crew of six men, had been at sea for 35 days and was without a working motor, food, or water. Within two hours, crew members dispatched from CARR had the vessel moving under its own power and had replenished supplies with enough food and fuel to get the vessel back to land safely

The US Navy (USN) Oliver Hazard Perry Class; Guided Missile Frigate, USS CARR (FFG 52) approaches a distressed vessel off the coast of Sierra Leone, Africa. The small craft, with a crew of six men, had been at sea for 35 days and was without a working motor, food, or water. Within two hours, crew members dispatched from CARR had the vessel moving under its own power and had replenished supplies with enough food and fuel to get the vessel back to land safely

US Navy (USN) Sailors aboard a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) from the USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis) USS VELLA GULF (CG 72), comes along side the ship following a rescue operation involving two Dutch crewmen rescued from a sailboat in distress the Atlantic Ocean, by the USS VELLA GULF's crew. The ship responded to the distress call after the sailboat had been adrift for three days in high seas

US Navy (USN) Sailors recover a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat after a USN Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) Team used it to perform a drill aboard the USN Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer (AEGIS) USS CURTIS WILBUR (DDG 54) during Exercise MULTI-SAIL 2006 in the Pacific Ocean. MULTI-SAIL 2006 is designed to help USN Sailors in the Forward Deployed Naval Force (FDNF)maximize their combat readiness by practicing maneuver training between ships. The training also gives the USN Sailors a chance to operate in multi-ship environment

US Navy (USN) Sailors aboard a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB), from the Arleigh Burke Class (Flight II): Guided Missile Destroyer (Aegis) USS DECATUR (DDG 73), come to the aide of a distressed Somali fishing vessel that drifted for several days without food or fresh water, in the Indian Ocean. The DECATUR brought the fishermen aboard ship and towed the skiff to Somali territorial waters

US Navy (USN) Sailors aboard a Rigid Hull Inflatable Ready Life Boat from the USN Amphibious Transport Dock, USS SAN ANTONIO (LPD 17), come to the aid of the recreational boat DENISE MARIE in an attempt to help the crew restart the boat's engine. The small craft had drifted without power 50 miles off shore from Florida coastline, in the Atlantic Ocean

US Navy (USN) Sailors use a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) from the USN ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS: Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis) USS VICKSBURG (CG 69) (not shown), to return six Iranian mariners to the deck of a Iranian civil authorities patrol craft, in the Persian Gulf. The mariners were rescued the previous day when their Iranian-flagged dhow sent a distress call, stating it was disabled and taking on water

US Navy (USN) Sailors aboard a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) from the USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis) USS VELLA GULF (CG 72), return to a disabled sailboat after rescuing two Dutch crew members in the Atlantic Ocean. The Ship's boarding team inspected the boat and assessed it as un-seaworthy. The boat's master requested crewmembers to retrieve the boat's papers, some personal effects and gear, then to remove the boat's bilge plugs allowing it to sink in 2,000 fathoms of water. The VELLA GULF responded to the distress call after the sailboat had been adrift for three days in high seas

A US Navy (USN) Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB), from the USN Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer, USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66), transports Moroccan Naval personnel, from the Moroccan Navy Floreal Class Frigate, HASSAN II (FFGHM 612), to the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3) while underway in the Atlantic Ocean (AOC). The HASSAN II and another Moroccan Navy Frigate will escort the KEARSARGE through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea so that it can participate in a regularly scheduled deployment in the Mediterranean in support of the Global war on Terrorism (GWOT)

US Navy (USN) Sailors aboard a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RIHB) from the USN Oliver Hazard Perry Class; Guided Missile Frigate, USS CARR (FFG 52) (not shown), come to the aid of distressed vessel off the coast of Sierra Leone, Africa. The small craft, with a crew of six men, had been at sea for 35 days and was without a working motor, food, or water. Within two hours, crew members dispatched from CARR had the vessel moving under its own power and had replenished supplies with enough food and fuel to get the vessel back to land safely

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Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kurt Riggs, Usn

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Egyptian Marines carry their RHIB (Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat) amphibious assault boat onto the Navy assault craft. Marines and naval personnel from numerous nations are active participants in both the sea and the beaches of Egypt during this year's BRIGHT STAR 01-02 exercise. BRIGHT STAR is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that is designed to enhance regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among the US, our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the armed forces to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners

A member of Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 8 boards a Special Boat Unit 20 (SBU-20) rigid-hull inflatable boat secured alongside the amphibious transport dock USS AUSTIN (LPD-4)

The guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) transits the Baltic Sea during a scheduled three-month deployment supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility

A starboard view of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Adelaide Class Guided Missile Frigate Her Majesty's Australian Ship (HMAS) CANBERRA (FFG 02), as she sails past the Coronado Bridge, San Diego, California (CA) is in the background. The ship is participating in RIMPAC 92 (Rim of the Pacific Exercise 1992)

Rags. Collection and processing. A portion of the sorting room in a large Eastern rag processing plant. In this room new rag remnants, consisting chiefly of cuttings received from clothing factories, are sorted. The rags are classified and separated according to the type of cloth; colored rags are graded according to the ease with which they can be bleached. The baskets in back of the women are filled with rags that have been sorted and classified. The women work in teams of two; it takes a team about two hours to sort the rags in one full bale. In another part of the plant, a room of the same size and general appearance as this is used for sorting used rags. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Mr. Jack Yusen of the USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (DE 413) Survivors Association, representing the survivors of the World War II destroyer escort, speaks during the commissioning ceremony for the guided missile frigate USS CARR (FFG 52) at Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. The USS CARR is named in honor of Gunner`s Mate 3rd Class Paul Henry Carr (1924-1944), who died heroically aboard the USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS during the battle off the coast of Samar

Sailors aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Carr

Civilians disembark from a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 162 (HMM-162) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter at the Lungi airport, just north of Freetown, Sierra Leone, during Operation Sharp Edge. The civilians, who were evacuated from the midst of the civil war in Liberia, were processed aboard a U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Liberia before being flown to Sierra Leone

United States Coast Guard (USCG) anti-drug teams patrol the Ashley River, Charleston, South Carolina in their Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RIB) during the Charleston Harbor's largest anti-terrorism exercise, Harbor Shield 2002

The guided missile frigate USS STEPHEN W. GROVES (FFG-29) takes on fuel from the Brazilian oiler MARAJO (G-27) during underway replenishment operations. Both vessels are taking part in Unitas XXXI, an annual, joint exercise between the U.S. Navy and the naval forces of nine South American countries

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Donnie Stricklan, 1ST Equipment Maintenance Squadron, connects a hose from an air compressor to inflatable tarps during an aircraft lift scenario for the 1ST Fighter Wing's March 2001 Operational Readiness Inspection at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. (Duplicate image, see also DFSD0201626 or search 010319F3405C008)

A family has one of its bags searched while being processed aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) prior to a flight to Freetown, Sierra Leone, during Operation Sharp Edge. The family was brought to the BARNSTABLE COUNTY after being evacuated from the midst of the civil war in Liberia

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