Take a look at some of the action from the recently completed exercise #CutlassExpress24 !
#maritimesecurity #partnershipsmatter #CE24
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📍MOMBASA, Kenya 🇰🇪
Partner nation service members participate in VBSS and Women, Peace and Security (WPS) training in support of exercise #CutlassExpress24 .
#MaritimeSecurity #PartnershipsMatter
Meet Tanzanian 🇹🇿 Navy Lt (N) Shebe Juma Kassamalu, a Judge Advocate in #CutlassExpress24 .
'We are sharing legal implications for the region, making connections with other legal officers in the region, and exchanging techniques for legal finish for maritime operations.'
Exercise #CutlassExpress24 is complete! ✅
For 2⃣ weeks, more than a dozen nations came together to train and hone their skills throughout the maritime domain in East Africa's premier maritime exercise.
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Djiboutian 🇩🇯 Coast Guard Sgt. Aden Farrah Elmi knows the importance of exercise #CutlassExpress24 !
'This is how we build our skills. It is important to work close together and to build good relations for maritime security,' Elmi said.
The beat goes on! 🎺🎷🎤
The NAVEUR-NAVAF Band's Topside Brass Band recently wrapped up their support to exercise #CutlassExpress24 with eight performances in 🇲🇺, following multiple days of events in 🇸🇨.
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#PartnershipsMatter
Somali 🇸🇴 Coast Guardsman Sgt. Mohammed Kassim Sheikh is supporting exercise #CutlassExpress24 in 🇸🇨.
'This is my second Cutlass Express. I’m learning a lot about VBSS and medical and I hope to come again next year,' Sheikh said.
#MaritimeSecurity #PartnershipsMatter
Cpl. Fathima Horace, a Dive Instructor in the Seychelles 🇸🇨 Coast Guard, is excited to support exercise #CutlassExpress24 !
'I think this exercise is good-everyone gets to learn new things. It's really a nice experience to meet new people from new nationalities,' said Horace.
#PartnershipsMatter ⚓️
#CutlassExpress24 participants completed visit, board, search, and seizure procedures in 🇸🇨 in support of the exercise.
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#StrongerTogether
Representatives from the Djibouti 🇩🇯 Navy, Kenya 🇰🇪 Navy & Kenya Coast Guard Service, Madagascar🇲🇬 Navy, Mauritius 🇲🇺 Navy, Somali 🇸🇴 Navy & Coast Guard, Tanzania 🇹🇿 Navy, & @usnavy 🇺🇸 gather in Mombasa, Kenya during exercise #cutlassexpress24 .
#USNavy Photos of the Day:
1️⃣ #USSGunstonHall #FLTOPS Marina Militare during Steadfast Defender NATO and 2️⃣ #CutlassExpress24 #VBSS training U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet
3️⃣ USS Makin Island DC drill phone talkers Naval Base San Diego
4️⃣ U.S. Naval Air Force Reserve gets first P-8A Poseidon
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#USNavy Photos of the Day:
1️⃣ A Kenyan VBSS team trains with U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet Sailors #CutlassExpress24
2️⃣ Sailors visit Rota Elementary School Naval Station Rota
3️⃣ Navy Wounded Warrior hosts trials Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
4️⃣ #VP30 loads a HAAWC weapon system on a P-8A
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Enhancing maritime security is a multilateral effort as demonstrated through the recent #CutlassExpress24 .
Gratitude to Ministry of Interior | Kenya, State Department for Foreign Affairs | Kenya, US Dept of State INL, @USEmbassykenya, @NAVAF, CRISTINA @IMO, @KMA, @KeFS for contributing to the success of this seminar! 🙏 #CutlassExpress24