South China Sea (May 23, 2006) — A visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the Philippine Navy makes its way to the amphibious dock landing ship USS <i>Tortuga</i> (LSD 46) from the corvette <i>Apolinario Mabini</i> (PS-36) to carry out a boarding exercise. The boarding was a part of Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) 2006, a week long at-sea exercise designed to highlight the value of information sharing and multi-national coordination within a scenario that gives participating navies practical maritime interception training opportunities.
United States Navy, Photographer's Mate 2nd Class John L. Beeman
2006-05-23
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