Members of the Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Team from the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 409 capture suspected pirates after responding to a merchant vessel's distress signal. The Coast Guard and Navy were in the Gulf of Aden as part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151. Piracy on the high seas, once considered a thing of the past, has now become all to common. In 2009, attacks increased by 96% off the East African Coast. In addition to the Gulf of Aden, CTF 151, a multinational task force, conducts counter-piracy operations in the Arabian and Red Seas and the Indian Ocean. US Coast Guard Art Program 2010 Collection, Ob ID # 201002, "Somali Shakedown," Don Borie, oil, 16 x 20
