COAST GUARD PLAYS SMUGGLER FOR NAVY BOARDING
DRILL Video, Photos Available
SEATTLE - Members of a boarding team from the Navy vessel USS Ingraham (FFG-61),
home ported in Everett, Wash., came aboard the
Coast Guard Cutter Alert, home ported in Astoria, Ore., to search for
weapons and other contraband during a drill Wednesday. Ten members
of the Alert's crew were hidden aboard the vessel playing the role
of smugglers as part of the Trident Fury exercise on the waters west
of Vancouver Island, B.C. Trident Fury is a joint training exercise
developed by Canada's Joint Task Force (Pacific) Headquarters for
the purpose of building a strong working relationship between the
maritime and aviation forces of the United States and Canada. (05/17/2007)
SEATTLE
– Members of a boarding team from the Navy vessel Ingraham
escort Ensign Ed Quinn of the Coast Guard Cutter Alert during a
drill Wednesday. Ten members of the Alert’s crew were hidden aboard
the vessel playing the role of smugglers attempting to transport
weapons and other contraband to an enemy nation as part of the
Trident Fury exercise on the waters west of Vancouver Island, B.C.
Trident Fury is a joint training exercise developed by Canada’s
Pacific Joint Task Force Headquarters for the purpose of building a
strong working relationship between the maritime and aviation forces
of the United States and Canada.
SEATTLE
– Chief Greg Zerfass of the Coast Guard Cutter Alert hands
ship’s documents over to a boarding team member from the Navy vessel
Ingraham during a drill Wednesday. Ten members of the Alert’s crew
were hidden aboard the vessel playing the role of smugglers
attempting to transport weapons and other contraband to an enemy
nation as part of the Trident Fury exercise on the waters west of
Vancouver Island, B.C. Trident Fury is a joint training exercise
developed by Canada’s Pacific Joint Task Force Headquarters for the
purpose of building a strong working relationship between the
maritime and aviation forces of the United States and Canada.
(Video)SEATTLE – Members of a boarding team from the Navy vessel Ingraham ready their weapons before moving to secure the Coast Guard Cutter Alert during a drill Wednesday. Ten members of the Alert’s crew were hidden aboard the vessel playing the role of smugglers attempting to transport weapons and other contraband to an enemy nation as part of the Trident Fury exercise on the waters west of Vancouver Island, B.C. Trident Fury is a joint training exercise developed by Canada’s Pacific Joint Task Force Headquarters for the purpose of building a strong working relationship between the maritime and aviation forces of the United States and Canada.