040214-N-3725V-004 North Arabian Gulf (Feb. 14, 2004) ÐThe Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) team assigned to the coastal patrol ship USS Firebolt (PC 10) boards a cargo vessel, or Dhow, in the North Arabian Gulf. VBSS teams have been boarding and searching each vessel leaving the port city of Umm Qasr, Iraq. Teams are looking for illegal cargo and the possibility of terrorist suspects or evidence of their support. The Coast Guard personnel are operating with Navy VBSS teams, while deployed to ships operating in the North Arabian Gulf in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and End
040214-N-3725V-004 North Arabian Gulf (Feb. 14, 2004) ÐThe Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) team assigned to the coastal patrol ship USS Firebolt (PC 10) boards a cargo vessel, or Dhow, in the North Arabian Gulf. VBSS teams have been boarding and searching each vessel leaving the port city of Umm Qasr, Iraq. Teams are looking for illegal cargo and the possibility of terrorist suspects or evidence of their support. The Coast Guard personnel are operating with Navy VBSS teams, while deployed to ships operating in the North Arabian Gulf in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 1st Class Chadwick Vann. (RELEASED) US Navy 040214-N-3725V-004 The Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) team assigned to the coastal patrol ship USS Firebolt (PC 10) boards a cargo vessel, or Dhow, in the North Arabian Gulf
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