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    Senegalese, Spanish and U.S. ships work together to train African sailors

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    The image shows a group of naval personnel inside a ship's engine room. A person wearing a Spanish Navy uniform (identified by the Spanish flag patch) appears to be conducting a technical briefing or training session, pointing at machinery components. Several other personnel in dark coveralls and hearing protection are observing attentively.

    Spanish navy Lt. j.g. Alferez De Fragata Doce, engineering officer aboard the Spanish navy Servola-class offshore patrol vessel SPS Centinela, gives a tour to African sailors from Africa Partnership Station Gunston Hall a tour of a machinery main space during a cross deck training exercise with ships from Spain, Senegal, and the United States. The African sailors received a tour of the Spanish ship and a full day of training in basic first aid, joint maneuvering drills, damage control, and weapons familiarization and observed a connected replenishment at sea before returning to Gunston Hall. Gunston Hall is on a scheduled deployment in West Africa in support of APS West, an international initiative developed by Naval Forces Europe - Africa that aims to improve maritime safety and security in Africa.

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    Date Taken: 04.19.2010
    Date Posted: 04.21.2010 16:26
    Photo ID: 271807
    VIRIN: 100419-N-6138K-705
    Resolution: 3414x2439
    Size: 909.79 KB
    Location: SPS CENTINELA, AT SEA

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