USS Porter Visits Mombasa, Kenya [Image 3 of 5]

USS PORTER (DDG 78), AT SEA

10.20.2007

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Gearhiser 

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

Sailors from guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) are shown how to make a fire by Llalaito Sake, a member of the Masai Tribe, while on safari in Mombasa, Kenya. Porter's port call to Mombasa is the first visit of a U.S. Navy ship to the city since guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) in 2005 and only the third ship visit since 1999. Porter is conducting maritime security operations in the Fifth Fleet area of operations with the Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group. MSO help set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment and complement the counter-terrorism and security efforts in regional nations' littoral waters. Coalition forces also conduct MSO under international maritime conventions to ensure security and safety in international waters so that commercial shipping and fishing can occur safely in the region. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Gearhiser)

• Date Taken: 10.20.2007
• Date Posted: 10.23.2007 14:52
• Photo ID: 62399
• VIRIN: 071020-N-4014G-389
• Resolution: 2100x1396
• Size: 2.12 MB
• Location: USS PORTER (DDG 78), AT SEA