Tradewinds 2013 thrusts Coast Guardsmen from US and Dominican Republic together for gunnery exercise [Image 3 of 7]

CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA

05.25.2013

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Okula 

Navy Public Affairs Support Element

U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Asad Hussain, a maritime enforcement specialist aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak, demonstrates the operation of a Browning M2 .50-caliber machine gun to eight coast guardsmen from the Dominican Republic prior to a gunnery exercise held Saturday in the waters off Saint Lucia as part of Tradewinds 2013. Hussain is temporarily assigned to the Oak for the duration of Tradewinds, a joint and combined exercise conducted in conjunction with partner nations to enhance the collective abilities of defense forces and constabularies to counter transnational organized crime and to conduct humanitarian/disaster relief operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher Okula/Released)

• Date Taken: 05.25.2013
• Date Posted: 05.26.2013 14:11
• Photo ID: 940543
• VIRIN: 130525-N-HP195-039
• Resolution: 2400x3600
• Size: 994.45 KB
• Location: CASTRIES, LC