091103-N-9892M-097 BUCHANAN, Liberia (Nov. 3, 2009) Lt. Travis Clem, a Navy hydrographic officer embarked aboard the Dutch navy Africa Partnership Station platform HNLMS Johan de Witt (L 801), recovers a bottom-sampling device during a hydrographic survey of the Buchanan port. The device is used to gather samples of the seafloor to determine the sediment type of the harbor. This survey, and other surveys conducted in Greenville and Monrovia, will provide data to update navigational charts. Johan de Witt is the first European-led Africa Partnership Station platform and is augmented by staf
091103-N-9892M-097 BUCHANAN, Liberia (Nov. 3, 2009) Lt. Travis Clem, a Navy hydrographic officer embarked aboard the Dutch navy Africa Partnership Station platform HNLMS Johan de Witt (L 801), recovers a bottom-sampling device during a hydrographic survey of the Buchanan port. The device is used to gather samples of the seafloor to determine the sediment type of the harbor. This survey, and other surveys conducted in Greenville and Monrovia, will provide data to update navigational charts. Johan de Witt is the first European-led Africa Partnership Station platform and is augmented by staff from Belgium, Portugal and the United States. Africa Partnership Station, originally a Navy initiative, is now an international effort aimed at improving maritime safety and security in Africa. ( Navy photo by Lt. Steve McIntyre/Released) US Navy 091103-N-9892M-097 Lt. Travis Clem recovers a bottom-sampling device during a hydrographic survey of the Buchanan port
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