African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership

110721-G-ZR255-443: DAKAR, Senegal (July 21, 2011) - Petty Officer 3rd Class Buddy Gavisk (RIGHT) passes a camera to his partner, Petty Officer 2nd Class Jimmy Haurand, from the fish hold onboard the Agnes 9, during a African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) boarding with Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) personnel and Senegalese boarding teams. AMLEP is a branch of Africa Partnership Station (APS) that focuses on operating side-by-side with regional maritime services in order to stop and deter illicit transnational maritime activity by conducting these operations with African natives. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith/RELEASED)