SEATTLE- Petty Officer Third Class Jacob Hymer, Petty Officer Second Class Matthew Fink and Petty Officer Third Class Joshua Vanhooser, members of a boarding team from the Navy vessel USS Ingraham (FFG-61), homeported in Everett, Wash., escort Ensign Ed Quinn of the Coast Guard Cutter Alert, homeported in Astoria, Ore., during a drill Wednesday. Ten members of the Alert's crew were hidden aboard the vessel playing the role of smugglers attempting to transport weapons and other contraband to an enemy nation as part of the Trident Fury exercise on the waters west of Vancouver Island, B.C. Trident Fury is a joint training exercise developed by Canada's Joint Task Force (Pacific) Headquarters for the purpose of building a strong working relationship between the maritime and aviation forces of the United States and Canada.
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