Djiboutian navy trains with the U.S. Navy [Image 2 of 2]

GULF OF ADEN, USCENTCOM, AT SEA

02.08.2007

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bailey 

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

Ahmed Daher Djama, Djibouti's senior naval and coast guard officer, and Ali Elmi Bouh, head of Djiboutian intelligence, receives training on the Mossberg 12-guage shotgun from visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team member, Machinery Repairman 2nd Class Jeremiah Love. The two officers spent the week with USS Oak Hill's (LSD 51) VBSS team, training on equipment, tactics, weapons familiarization, team management, mission planning and close quarters combat. This training is conducted as part of Exercise Image Nautilus. Oak Hill is currently underway as part of the Bataan Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) which is on a regularly-scheduled deployment conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the 5th Fleet area of operation as well as complimenting the counter-terrorism and security efforts of regional nations. (Official U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nathan A. Bailey)

• Date Taken: 02.08.2007
• Date Posted: 02.14.2007 11:28
• Photo ID: 36076
• VIRIN: 070208-N-5658B-002
• Resolution: 1024x670
• Size: 179.02 KB
• Location: GULF OF ADEN, USCENTCOM, AT SEA