USS Russell asists vessel in distress [Image 2 of 2]

GULF OF ADEN, USCENTCOM, AT SEA

06.08.2008

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet           

Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Mason, one of USS Russell's stretcher bearers takes vital signs while Russell's first lieutenant, Ensign Melanie Chambers and Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Thompson look on. Ensign Lisa Bydairk, Russell's communications officer, records the vital signs for a Somali patient brought aboard Russell. Russell responded to a vessel in distress between Bassasso, Somalia and the Yemeni coast in the Gulf of Aden June 8. The 45-foot small boat experienced serious engine problems leaving it unable to operate at sea and had been adrift for two days. Seven personnel were transferred to Russell and treated for severe dehydration and malnutrition. Russell, deployed as a part of the USS Abraham Lincoln strike Group, is operating as a part of Combined Task Force 150. CTF 150 conducts maritime security operations between the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Oman in the Arabian Sea. MSO help develop security in the maritime environment. From security arises stability that results in global economic prosperity. MSO complements the counterterrorism and security efforts of regional nations and seek to disrupt violent extremists' use of the maritime environment as a venue for attack of to transport personnel, weapons or other material.

• Date Taken: 06.08.2008
• Date Posted: 06.17.2008 16:04
• Photo ID: 95086
• VIRIN: 080617-O-9999X-002
• Resolution: 3072x2048
• Size: 1.76 MB
• Location: GULF OF ADEN, USCENTCOM, AT SEA