080219-0-9999A-003 ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 19, 2008) Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the French frigate Guepratte (F714) prepare to inspect a dhow in the Arabian Sea while coordinating with the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81). The boarding team discovered at least 400 bottles of alcohol while searching the dhow. Guepratte and Churchill are assigned to Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 and are conducting maritime security operations (MSO) throughout the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. MSO are focused on counter-terrorism, d
080219-0-9999A-003 ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 19, 2008) Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the French frigate Guepratte (F714) prepare to inspect a dhow in the Arabian Sea while coordinating with the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81). The boarding team discovered at least 400 bottles of alcohol while searching the dhow. Guepratte and Churchill are assigned to Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 and are conducting maritime security operations (MSO) throughout the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. MSO are focused on counter-terrorism, defense of offshore and onshore maritime infrastructure, counter smuggling, counter-piracy and upholding international rights and freedoms. Navy photo (Released) 080219-0-9999A-003
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