210314-N-TI693-2016 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 14, 2022) A Marine assigned to Task Group 61, Task Force 61/2, raises his hands while simulating an oppositional force during a boarding by The Gambian Navy aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), as part of Exercise Obangame Express 2022, March 14, 2022. Obangame Express 2022, conducted by Naval Forces Africa, is an at-sea maritime exercise designed to improve cooperation among participating nations in order to increase maritime safety and security in the Gulf of Guinea and West Africa coastal regions.

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