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US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel of the 26 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), train for a Visit Board search and seizure (VBSS) on the USS LASALLE (AGF 3) Joint Command Ship (JCS)

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel of the 26 Marine Expeditionary Unit (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Lasalle (AGF 3) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Rick O'Connor, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

WHEC 719 Boutwell - US Coast Guard photo

WHEC 719 Boutwell - US Coast Guard photo

030216-N-4655M-010 The Arabian Sea (Feb. 16, 2003) -- The U.S. Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter Boutwell (WHEC 719) moves into position along-side a cargo ship to deploy a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBS... More

Capt. Shane A. Donahue secures members of the Cameroonian

Capt. Shane A. Donahue secures members of the Cameroonian

Capt. Shane A. Donahue secures members of the Cameroonian armed forces following graduation ceremony held onboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43). The Cameroonians participated in cla... More

A visit, board, search, and seizure team aboard a rigid-hull

A visit, board, search, and seizure team aboard a rigid-hull

A visit, board, search, and seizure team aboard a rigid-hull inflatable boat approaches the guided-missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54) to conduct a boarding exercise as part of Southeast Asia Cooperation Against ... More

Putting the 'cuffs on - Two men in blue work on a man laying on the ground

Putting the 'cuffs on - Two men in blue work on a man laying on the gr...

Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward Smith, from Jacksonville, Fla., attempts to restrain Petty Officer 2nd Class Samuel Kolapo, also from Jacksonville, during handcuffing evolutions during visit, board, search and s... More

USS Vella Gulf operations

USS Vella Gulf operations

The visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) team assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) conduct compliant boarding training aboard the Military Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS Cataw... More

A visit board search and seizure team assigned to the

A visit board search and seizure team assigned to the

A visit board search and seizure team assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio conducts maritime security operations. The team consists of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel.

Non-Lethal Capability - A group of men standing on top of a boat

Non-Lethal Capability - A group of men standing on top of a boat

Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) conduct bridge operations while suspected pirates are being apprehended by the ship's visit, board, search and seizure team (VBSS). Vella Gulf is... More

Rappelling training - Defense imagery management operations center

Rappelling training - Defense imagery management operations center

U.S. Sailors with the visit, board, search and seizure team conduct rappelling training aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) in the Gulf of Aden, Feb. 17, 2009. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Comm... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  VBSS training

United States Coast Guard photo - VBSS training

Members of the visit, board, search, and seizure team and U.S. Coast Guard maritime safety and security team 91104 conduct a boarding operation on a skiff near guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) Sept. 1, ... More

USCGC Mellon - US Coast Guard photo

USCGC Mellon - US Coast Guard photo

U.S. Coast Guardsmen help Royal Thai Navy (RTN) sailors down a rope ladder into a rigid-hulled inflatable boat during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard USCGC Mellon (WHEC 717) in Thailand May 1... More

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard and the guided-missile

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard and the guided-missile

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard and the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon’s visit, Board, Search and Seizure team members maneuver to make contact with a training vessel during Maritime Interdiction... More

A visit, board, search and seizure team from the littoral

A visit, board, search and seizure team from the littoral

A visit, board, search and seizure team from the littoral combat ship USS Freedom approaches the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge in a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a maritime s... More

U.S., Canadian sailors participate in exercise

U.S., Canadian sailors participate in exercise

A Royal Canadian Navy visit, board, search and seizure team from the Iroquois-class guided-missile destroyer HMCS Algonquin boards the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS McClusky from a rigid-... More

RIMPAC, US Navy Photogrpah

RIMPAC, US Navy Photogrpah

Ensign Corey Spuhler speaks with the Korean visit board search and seizure team from the Republic of Korea Sejong the Great-class guided-missile destroyer ROKS Sejong the Great while participating in training e... More

Pakistan Navy Trains with US Coast Guard VBSS Team

Pakistan Navy Trains with US Coast Guard VBSS Team

Asmatullah Khan and Muhammad Farooq, Pakistani Navy sailors, perform defensive take down drills during a visit, board search, and seizure training exercise at Mina Salman Pier. The week long VBSS training consi... More

USS Chung-Hoon, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Chung-Hoon, US Navy Photogrpah

A rigid-hull inflatable boat assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) prepares to conduct a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the Republic of Singapore merchant vessel Ava... More

Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit visit, board, search and seizure assault force fast-rope from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter onto the deck of the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishme... More

A Marine with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Visit,

A Marine with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Visit,

A Marine with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Visit, Board, Search and Seizure assault force fast-ropes from an MH-60S Seahawk Helicopter onto the deck of the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman during ... More

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure teams

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure teams

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure teams assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey conduct exercises in rigid-hull inflatable boats, while an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helico... More

African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership

African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership

Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk, and a law enforcement detachment made up of members of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces, make their way toward Moh... More

Sailors assigned to the ship's visit, board, search

Sailors assigned to the ship's visit, board, search

Sailors assigned to the ship's visit, board, search and seizure team and Coast Guardsmen assigned to Law Enforcement Detachment 404 engage in training to become proficient in caving ladder climbing techniques a... More

Anti-Piracy Operations - A man in a helmet is looking at a boat

Anti-Piracy Operations - A man in a helmet is looking at a boat

Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Lesch, a gunner's mate and a visit, board, search and seizure team member embarked aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), maintains starboard side security of a ... More

Sailors conduct shipboarding drill

Sailors conduct shipboarding drill

Seaman Deena Taylor, left, straps a communication radio to Petty Officer 3rd Class James Haynes before a visit board search and seizure drill aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor i... More

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement,

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement,

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement, Detachment 404, and the visit, board, search and seizure team embarked aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) engage in a mock assault ... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nolberto F. Donate climbs a

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nolberto F. Donate climbs a

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nolberto F. Donate climbs a Jacob's ladder during a visit, board, search and seizure drill aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver. Denver is underway preparing for an upcom... More

Members of the Lithuanian, Polish, and U.S. Special

Members of the Lithuanian, Polish, and U.S. Special

Members of the Lithuanian, Polish, and U.S. Special Operation Forces utilize Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boats to conduct Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure training conducted, Sept. 15, in Klaipeda, Lithuania, in p... More

Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure

Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure

Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout approach a fishing vessel while conducting maritime interdiction operations training during Joint Warr... More

USS Stout action, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Stout action, US Navy Photogrpah

Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout conduct maritime interdiction operations training off the coast of Scotland. Stout is participating in... More

Members of the visit, board, search, and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search, and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search, and seizure team aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay prepare to overtake and board a vessel during a training exercise off the coast of Southern Californ... More

USS Anzio, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Anzio, US Navy Photogrpah

Seaman Bradley S. Logan, a sonar technician (surface), assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68), participates in a visit, board, search and seizure training exercise on the ship’s weather deck. ... More

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher board the training support vessel Prevail during a VBSS exercise. Mitscher is conducting a composite tr... More

A rigid-hull inflatable boat assigned to the guided-missile

A rigid-hull inflatable boat assigned to the guided-missile

A rigid-hull inflatable boat assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Halyburton transports a visit, board, search and seizure team to render assistance to a Yemeni fishing dhow. The dhow had been adrift for... More

Marines assigned to the Force Reconnaissance Platoon

Marines assigned to the Force Reconnaissance Platoon

Marines assigned to the Force Reconnaissance Platoon of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the Military Sealift Command maritime prepositioning ship US... More

USS Leyte Gulf, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Leyte Gulf, US Navy Photogrpah

Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Campbell, an electronics technician assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), climbs up a ladder from a rigid-hull inflatable boat while conducting visit, boar... More

U.S. Marines from the Maritime Raid Force, 13th Marine

U.S. Marines from the Maritime Raid Force, 13th Marine

U.S. Marines from the Maritime Raid Force, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, pull alongside the military sealift command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard to perform a visit, board, search, and seize ev... More

Ensign Michael Cullen, left, and Electronics Technician

Ensign Michael Cullen, left, and Electronics Technician

Ensign Michael Cullen, left, and Electronics Technician 3rd Class Harry Vargas, right, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), discuss their performance conducting a visit, board,... More

Seaman Michael, boatswain's mate, assigned to the visit

Seaman Michael, boatswain's mate, assigned to the visit

Seaman Michael, boatswain's mate, assigned to the visit board, search and seizureteam from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce, searches the upper decks of the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry during... More

Sailors from the Pakistan Navy's Maritime Security

Sailors from the Pakistan Navy's Maritime Security

Sailors from the Pakistan Navy's Maritime Security Agency prepare to enter a hatch during visit, board, search and seizure training. U.S. sailors and Coast Guardsman from Patrol Forces Southwest Asia, Middle Ea... More

Saharan Express 2011, US Navy Photogrpah

Saharan Express 2011, US Navy Photogrpah

Sailors from the Senegalese navy prepare to board the Spanish navy offshore patrol vessel SPS Centinela during a Saharan Express 2011 visit, board, search and seizure exercise. Saharan Express is a counter narc... More

USS Mesa Verde action - A group of people riding on top of a boat in the ocean

USS Mesa Verde action - A group of people riding on top of a boat in t...

Sailors and Marines assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde conduct a visit, board, search and seizure exercise. Mesa Verde is deployed as part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, suppor... More

Marines climb into a rigid-hull inflatable boat during

Marines climb into a rigid-hull inflatable boat during

Marines climb into a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a visit, board, search and seizure, hook and pull exercise with the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). Mesa Verde is deployed as part ... More

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell conduct a search during a simulated compliant boarding. McCampbell is assigned to Destroy... More

The visit, board, search, and seizure team from the

The visit, board, search, and seizure team from the

The visit, board, search, and seizure team from the guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper board the Pakistani fishing vessel Al Sohail. Hopper provided food, water, medical and engineering assistance, responding ... More

Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS

Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS

Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun board a vessel during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise. Truxtun is deployed as part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group supportin... More

The visit, board, search and seizure team assigned

The visit, board, search and seizure team assigned

The visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island returns to the ship after boarding the Spanish navy landing platform dock ship Castilla during the bilat... More

A sailor assigned to the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dauntless

A sailor assigned to the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dauntless

A sailor assigned to the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dauntless pilots a rigid-hull inflatable boat for the transport of a British visit, board, search and seizure team during an exercise supporting FRUKUS 2011. FR... More

Sailors assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS

Sailors assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS

Sailors assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Boone work with sailors assigned to Chilean navy ship CNS Capitan Prat during a maritime interdiction exercise. Boone and Prat sailors conducted a visit, board... More

USS Curtis Wilbur at Talisman Sabre 2011

USS Curtis Wilbur at Talisman Sabre 2011

The visit, board, search, and seizure team pulls alongside the guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur in a rigid-hull inflatable boat after conducting a drill. Curtis Wilbur is participating in Talisman Sab... More

A visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to

A visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to

A visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio investigates a suspected pirate skiff. Anzio is assigned to Combined Task Force 151, a multi-national, mission-based task... More

Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure

Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure

Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg move through the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp while clearing their sectors during a simulated sh... More

Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio assist mariners aboard a skiff in the Gulf of Aden. The sailors provided food and water to the distressed mariners. A... More

Advanced Interdiction Team rescue and assist

Advanced Interdiction Team rescue and assist

110813-N-XQ375-317 GULF OF ADEN (August 13, 2011) A visit, board, search and seizure team from guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) and a Coast Guard advanced interdiction team pull alongside the Sri ... More

A member of the visit, board, search and seizure team

A member of the visit, board, search and seizure team

A member of the visit, board, search and seizure team of the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio helps a Somali mariner down a ladder into a rigid-hull inflatable boat. The team rescued seven Somalis from a skiff ... More

A visit, board, search and seizure team from guided-missile

A visit, board, search and seizure team from guided-missile

A visit, board, search and seizure team from guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher and a Coast Guard advanced interdiction team pull alongside the Sri Lankan-flagged cargo vessel Al Habib in a rigid hull inflat... More

Advanced Interdiction Team rescue and assist

Advanced Interdiction Team rescue and assist

110813-N-XQ375-353 GULF OF ADEN (Aug. 13, 2011) A visit, board, search and seizure team from guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) and a Coast Guard advanced interdiction team pull alongside the Sri La... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Rathmell, intelligence

Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Rathmell, intelligence

Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Rathmell, intelligence specialist, a member of the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio, cleans an M9 pistol during a maintenance check... More

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg maneuver in a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a maritime interdiction operations exercise. Gettysburg... More

USS Truxtun action, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Truxtun action, US Navy Photogrpah

Lt. j.g. Patrick Nolan, a member of the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun, participates in a training exercise. Truxtun is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area... More

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio head toward a suspicious skiff in a rigid-hull inflatable boat as part of a maritime interdiction operation. Anzio ... More

A Chilean marine assigned to the Chilean "Comando de

A Chilean marine assigned to the Chilean "Comando de

A Chilean marine assigned to the Chilean "Comando de Fuerzas Especiales", simply known as COMFUES, climbs up a caving ladder in order to reach the top of a vessel as fellow COMFUES members and U.S. Navy Special... More

Somali fisherman Mohamed Abdirahman Mohamud speaks

Somali fisherman Mohamed Abdirahman Mohamud speaks

Somali fisherman Mohamed Abdirahman Mohamud speaks with a member of the visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd during an approach and assist visit. Kidd is assigned to ... More

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG97) train on the quick-step ladder with U.S. Coast Guardsman. Halsey is assigned to Combined Task Force 151, a... More

Royal Moroccan Navy sailors direct Damage Controlman

Royal Moroccan Navy sailors direct Damage Controlman

Royal Moroccan Navy sailors direct Damage Controlman 3rd Class Brandon Watkins, simulating a captive, past the quarterdeck of the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson during a visit, board, search and seizure tra... More

Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search, and seizure

Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search, and seizure

Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search, and seizure team of the guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey learn how to load a casualty into an evacuation litter during medical training. Halsey is the flagship f... More

Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS

Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS

Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) return to the ship after conducting a visit, board, search, and seizure exercise during flag officer sea training. The ship is engag... More

Sailors assigned to the French navy anti-air frigate

Sailors assigned to the French navy anti-air frigate

Sailors assigned to the French navy anti-air frigate FS Cassard (D 614) arm wrestle U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69) after a visit, board, search and seizure exercise. V... More

Yeoman Seaman Darrell Lambert, a member of the visit,

Yeoman Seaman Darrell Lambert, a member of the visit,

Yeoman Seaman Darrell Lambert, a member of the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), climbs a quick-deployable ladder during a training event. Porter is ... More

A rigid-hulled inflatable boat driven by members of

A rigid-hulled inflatable boat driven by members of

A rigid-hulled inflatable boat driven by members of the visit, board, search and seizure team of the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) keeps watch on a target ship during a training exe... More

Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Zola practices

Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Zola practices

Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Zola practices tactical movements during a visit, board, search and seizure drill aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69). Vicksburg is deployed to the ... More

A Peruvian visit, board, search and seizure team member

A Peruvian visit, board, search and seizure team member

A Peruvian visit, board, search and seizure team member searches Electricians Mate 2nd Class (SW) Aldo Rodriguez during VBSS training on the flight deck of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate U... More

Indonesian Navy Rear Adm. Agung Pramono, commander

Indonesian Navy Rear Adm. Agung Pramono, commander

Indonesian Navy Rear Adm. Agung Pramono, commander of Indonesian Navy Fleet of Eastern Zone and Capt. Dave Welch, commander of Task Group 73.1, visit with U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Sailors and Indonesian sailor... More

U.S. sailors with the guided missile cruiser USS Normandy's

U.S. sailors with the guided missile cruiser USS Normandy's

U.S. sailors with the guided missile cruiser USS Normandy's (CG 60) visit, board, search and seizure team ride in a rigid hull inflatable boat to board the German logistical support ship FGS Werra (A 514), June... More

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Jesse Duparo, right, a member of

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Jesse Duparo, right, a member of

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Jesse Duparo, right, a member of the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) is interviewed by Scottish Corps of Royal Engineers Capt. Pete ... More

U.S. sailors carry a rope ladder onto the fantail of

U.S. sailors carry a rope ladder onto the fantail of

U.S. sailors carry a rope ladder onto the fantail of the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) in preparation for a visit, board, search and seizure exercise off the coast of Scotland Oct. 2, 2012, for ... More

Ensign Ryan Kelly, left, Lt. j.g. Zachary Mahoney,

Ensign Ryan Kelly, left, Lt. j.g. Zachary Mahoney,

Ensign Ryan Kelly, left, Lt. j.g. Zachary Mahoney, center, and Operations Specialist 1st Class Greg Morissette, assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), visit, board, search and seizure ... More

An U.S. sailor assigned to the amphibious transport

An U.S. sailor assigned to the amphibious transport

An U.S. sailor assigned to the amphibious transport dock landing ship USS Green Bay’s (LPD 20) visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team departs the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) after c... More

Marines with the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion,

Marines with the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion,

Marines with the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command rappel from a CH-47 helicopter onto a mock cargo ship during Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS... More

Sailors lower a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) into

Sailors lower a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) into

Sailors lower a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) into the water during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) exercise aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). Jason Dunham is deployed wi... More

Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Justin Turner,

Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Justin Turner,

Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Justin Turner, left, Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Drew Miller, center, and Engineman 3rd Class Marshall Harris are lowered to the water in a rigid-hull inflatable boat from the... More

Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason

Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason

Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) launch a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise. Jason Dunham is deployed with the John C. Stennis S... More

Sailors assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut

Sailors assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut

Sailors assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) practice searching and detaining sailors from guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) during a visit, board, search and seizure exe... More

Seaman Collins Dumas operates a slewing-arm davit to

Seaman Collins Dumas operates a slewing-arm davit to

Seaman Collins Dumas operates a slewing-arm davit to launch a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). Jason ... More

Exercise Leading Edge - A group of men standing on top of a boat

Exercise Leading Edge - A group of men standing on top of a boat

A member of the United Arab Emirates military looks back to check the status of his team while fellow Emirati and Italian counterparts provide security during a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure demonstration at... More

A team of United Arab Emirates, Italian, Bahrain and

A team of United Arab Emirates, Italian, Bahrain and

A team of United Arab Emirates, Italian, Bahrain and U.S. service members prepare to conduct a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure rehearsal from aboard an UAE Armed Forces military fast boat at the Port Zayed are... More

United Arab Emirates, Italian, Bahrain and U.S. exercise

United Arab Emirates, Italian, Bahrain and U.S. exercise

United Arab Emirates, Italian, Bahrain and U.S. exercise participants enjoy a relaxed conversation upon completing a combined Visit, Board, Search and Seizure practice at the Port Zayed area in Abu Dhabi, UAE a... More

Members of the United Arab Emirates and Italian militaries

Members of the United Arab Emirates and Italian militaries

Members of the United Arab Emirates and Italian militaries move into position to provide security during a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure rehearsal at the Port Zayed area in Abu Dhabi, UAE as part of Exercise... More

Sailors prepare to launch a rigid-hull inflatable boat

Sailors prepare to launch a rigid-hull inflatable boat

Sailors prepare to launch a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). Jason Dunham is deployed with the John C... More

Marine Capt. Chris Tucker, platoon commander, Fleet

Marine Capt. Chris Tucker, platoon commander, Fleet

Marine Capt. Chris Tucker, platoon commander, Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Pacific 1st Platoon, provides a debrief during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-miss... More

Members of 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion

Members of 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion

Members of 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion practice boarding and takedown of a ship at night. Marines train for Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) at the highest level. This type of interdiction in... More

Staff Sgt. Melbin Medina, assigned to the U.S. 7th

Staff Sgt. Melbin Medina, assigned to the U.S. 7th

Staff Sgt. Melbin Medina, assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team, Pacific, uses a Jacob's ladder to board the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LC... More

Compliant boarding exercise. Warship photograph collection

Compliant boarding exercise. Warship photograph collection

A rigid-hull inflatable boat from the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) takes a visit, board, search and seizure team to the Malaysian frigate KD Jabat during a compliant boarding exercise. Freedom is in... More

Sea Breeze 2013, US Navy Photogrpah

Sea Breeze 2013, US Navy Photogrpah

A Ukrainian marine, top, takes down a U.S. sailor during visit, board, search and seizure training as part of Sea Breeze 2013 in Odessa, Ukraine, July 15, 2013. Sea Breeze is a joint/combined maritime exercise ... More

An East-Coast based U.S. Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, and Land)

An East-Coast based U.S. Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, and Land)

An East-Coast based U.S. Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, and Land) climbs a caving ladder during visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, July 16. Navy SEALs ar... More

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS)

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS)

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) conduct practical, tactical, and application training in support of Talisman S... More

A U.S. Navy sailor assigned to Commander, Task Group

A U.S. Navy sailor assigned to Commander, Task Group

A U.S. Navy sailor assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, trains Royal Australian navy sailors with Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) techniques and procedures. CTG-56 provides mine countermeasure,... More

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force conduct fast rope drills out of a UH-1Y Huey aircraft aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2013. The Marin... More

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit's (MEU) maritime raid force (MRF) clear a vessel at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Aug. 24, 2013. Marines and Sailors with the MRF practiced boa... More

U.S. Marines with Command Element, 31st Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marines with Command Element, 31st Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marines with Command Element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) board the USNS Rappahannock during a Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) exercise, at sea, September 15, 2013. The 31st MEU regularly pe... More

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team

Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) pull alongside a fishing dhow. Mason is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Gr... More

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