Spanish Special Operation Maritime Team Unit (SOMTU) sailors board a rigid inflatable boat from the Santa Maria-class frigate ESPS Santa Maria (F81) while operating in the Gulf of Aden Dec. 3, 2022, during exercise Bull Shark. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, Navy, Spanish Navy, Spanish SOMTU and the Djiboutian Coast Guard aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region. ( Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bryan Guthrie)

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Keywords: 1ctcs, bull, cjtf-hoa, exercise, f81, frigate, maria, maria-class, navy, santa, shark, somtu, spanish