ATLANTIC OCEAN (JUNE 15, 2021) Sailors from the USS Ross (DDG 71) visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) climb down a Jacobs ladder after completing a simulated search of a suspected vessel of interest, as a part of exercise African Lion 2021, aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 15, 2021. African Lion 2021 is U.S. Africa Command’ largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, 7-18 June. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multi-national exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Coffer/Released)
| Date Taken: | 06.15.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 06.17.2021 03:36 |
| Photo ID: | 6696748 |
| VIRIN: | 210615-N-GW139-1227 |
| Resolution: | 4802x3430 |
| Size: | 712.52 KB |
| Location: | ATLANTIC OCEAN |
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