Coast Guardsman assigned to USCGC Spencer (WMEC 905) salute Lt. Gen. Kirk Smith, deputy commander at Africa Command, Rear Adm. Calvin Foster, vice commander to Sixth Fleet, and Consul General Will Stevens during a tour held aboard the cutter in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 3, 2023. Obangame Express 2023, conducted by Naval Forces Africa, is a maritime exercise designed to improve cooperation and increase maritime safety and security among participating nations in the Gulf of Guinea and Southern Atlantic Ocean. Sixth Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum
Coast Guardsman assigned to USCGC Spencer (WMEC 905) salute Lt. Gen. Kirk Smith, deputy commander at Africa Command, Rear Adm. Calvin Foster, vice commander to Sixth Fleet, and Consul General Will Stevens during a tour held aboard the cutter in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 3, 2023. Obangame Express 2023, conducted by Naval Forces Africa, is a maritime exercise designed to improve cooperation and increase maritime safety and security among participating nations in the Gulf of Guinea and Southern Atlantic Ocean. Sixth Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.
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