The visit, board, search, and seizure team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf boards a rigid hull inflatable boat in order to conduct a boarding exercise. Vella Gulf is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise 08-4 as a part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group. The Iwo Jima ESG is made up of Vella Gulf; the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima; the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio; the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall; the guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage, all homeported at Norfolk, Va.; the guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt, homeported at Mayport, Fla.; and the fast attack submarine USS Hartford, homeported at Groton, Conn.
| Date Taken: | 07.21.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 07.23.2008 22:31 |
| Photo ID: | 105145 |
| VIRIN: | 080721-N-4236E-002 |
| Resolution: | 1500x2100 |
| Size: | 1.98 MB |
| Location: | USNORTHCOM, AT SEA |
| Web Views: | 48 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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