Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Keen | USS Gunston Hall (LSD44) | 04.23.2010
African Partnership Station West Commander Capt. Cindy Thebaud gives certificate of completion to Senegalese navy Lt. Michel Diouf during a graduation ceremony held on the flight deck of the Whidbey Island class amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall as part of the Africa Partnership Station West. More than 90 African sailors from Cape Verde, The Gambia, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea,......
Courtesy Photo | USS Gunston Hall (LSD44) | 04.23.2010
African sailors use a fire hose to spray water on an approaching vessel in an attempt to thwart it and its crew from coming alongside during a crucible which is designed to test skills and knowledge acquired from several classes on force protection as part of Africa Partnership Station West aboard the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock-landing ship USS Gunston Hall. Gunston Hall is on a......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Keen | USS Gunston Hall (LSD44) | 04.23.2010
During a graduation ceremony for more than 90 African sailors from Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo on the flight deck of the Whidbey Island class amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall, African Partnership Station West Commander Capt. Cindy Thebaud thanks Ghana Navy Lt. Cmdr. Samuel Ayelazono and other APS staff personnel for their work during the......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Keen | USS Gunston Hall (LSD44) | 04.23.2010
African Partnership Station West Commander Capt. Cindy Thebaud speaks to a group of African sailors during a graduation ceremony held on the flight deck of the Whidbey Island class amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall as part of the Africa Partnership Station West. More than 90 African sailors from Cape Verde, The Gambia, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Keen | USS Gunston Hall (LSD44) | 04.23.2010
African Partnership Station West Commander Capt. Cindy Thebaud welcomes Senegalese Navy Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Capt. Dame Mboup to the graduation ceremony of more than 90 African sailors from Cape Verde, The Gambia, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo on the flight deck of the Whidbey Island class amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall as part of......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Keen | U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet | 04.19.2010
Spanish navy sailors aboard the Spanish navy Servola-class offshore patrol vessel SPS Centinela, demonstrate how to combat a flight deck fire with a casualty for a group of African sailors from Africa Partnership Station Gunston Hall as part of 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......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Keen | USS Gunston Hall (LSD44) | 04.15.2010
U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Mathew Colson (right) with APS West platform USS Gunston Hall talks to Senegalese Army Sgt. Sidy Niang about the proper techniques used when giving a intravenous catheter during a tactical combat casualty care training course at the Ouakam Military Hospital for 26 members of the Senegalese Armed Forces as part of Africa Partnership Station West 2010 initiative.......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Keen | USS Gunston Hall (LSD44) | 04.15.2010
U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Mathew Colson (right) with APS West platform USS Gunston Hall talks to Senegalese Army Sgt. Sidy Niang about the proper techniques used when giving a intravenous catheter during a tactical combat casualty care training course at the Ouakam Military Hospital for 26 members of the Senegalese Armed Forces as part of Africa Partnership Station West 2010 initiative.......