Coast Guard

USCGC MIDGETT and the Indian Coast Guard Ship SAMAR conducting tactical maneuvering during MALABAR Exercises off the west coast of India. These annual Coast Guard and Navy exercises will include maritime law enforcement, maritime security, anti-piracy, maritime safety and other shipboard exercises.

Boarding officers from the ICGS SAMAR are welcomed aboard USCGC MIDGETT for joint law enforcement training. Boarding teams from both vessels shared tactics and procedures for conducting maritime boardings in a high risk environment.

Boarding officers from the ICGS SAMAR are welcomed aboard USCGC MIDGETT for joint law enforcement training. Boarding teams from both vessels shared tactics and procedures for conducting maritime boardings in a high risk environment.

Indian Coast Guard Commander Bose gets some familiarization in the cockpit of the Coast Guard's HH-65C. Aviators from MIDGETT and SAMAR conducted training on each other's embarked aircraft.

Boat coxswains from the ICGS SAMAR conduct joint training on small boat operations with a MIDGETT boat crew.

ABOARD CGC MIDGETT (Dec. 10, 2006) Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Boyer, a gunners mate from Port Orchard Wash., aboard CGC Midgett, focuses with endless patience as his shipmates conduct a boarding of a vessel of interest, Dec 10, 2006 off the Coast of Oman. Midgett, a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter, homeported in Seattle, has been deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom since September. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mariana O'Leary.

ABOARD CGC MIDGETT (Dec. 10, 2006) Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Boyer, a gunners mate from Port Orchard Wash., aboard CGC Midgett, focuses with endless patience as his shipmates conduct a boarding of a vessel of interest, Dec 10, 2006 off the Coast of Oman. Midgett, a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter, homeported in Seattle, has been deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom since September. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mariana O'Leary.

ABOARD CGC MIDGETT (Dec 10, 2006) Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Lothrop stands an early morning watch on the decks of the CGC Midgett while underway in the Indian Ocean, Dec 10, 2006. Midgett, a 378-foot High Endurance cutter homeported in Seattle is currently deployed in the Indian Ocean in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mariana OÕLeary.

ABOARD CGC MIDGETT (Dec. 9, 2006) Crewmembers of the CGC Midgett, homeported in Seattle, Wash., receive supplies from a U.S. Navy helicopter, Dec 9, 2006, while underway in the Gulf of Aden. Midgett has been deployed since September in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mariana O'Leary.