US Coast Guard (USCG) Sailors assigned to a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) Team board fishing dhows in the area near the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT), as part of Coalition Task Force Five Eight (CTF-58), to conduct Maritime Security Operations (MSO) for the Iraqi oil platforms. MSO denies international terrorists use of the maritime environment as a venue for attack or to transport personnel, weapons, or other material, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Country: Persian Gulf
Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Sw) Aaron Ansarov, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
29/06/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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