Away the boarding party (VBSS and SWOs with guns); Marines, too!

[HeyJoe]

091008-N-1688B-200 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 8, 2009) A Brazilian navy AH-11A Super Lynx Mk-21A helicopter prepares to drop a boarding team by fast rope during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) exercise with the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67). Cole is participating in Exercise Joint Warrior 09-2, a United Kingdom-led, multinational and multi-warfare exercise designed to improve interoperability between allied navies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew Bookwalter/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

091007-N-4154B-079 INDIAN OCEAN (Oct. 7, 2009) Capt. Frank Olmo, commanding officer of USS Anzio (CG 68), Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Scott E. Sanders, commander combined task force (CTF) 151, and Royal Navy Capt. Keith Blount, chief of staff for CTF 151, along with members of Anzio's visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team and U.S. Coast Guard maritime safety and security team (MSST) 91104 pose for a group photo. Anzio is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Matthew Bash/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

091008-N-9500T-188 GULF OF ADEN (Oct. 8, 2009) USS Anzio (CG 68) deploys its Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) team to conduct boarding operations on suspected pirate vessels in the Gulf of Aden. Anzio is the flagship of Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission-based mandate to actively deter, disrupt, and supress piracy off the coast of Somalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Taylor/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

091004-N-4154B-134 INDIAN OCEAN (Oct. 4, 2009) Members of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team and U.S. Coast Guard maritime safety and security team (MSST) 91104, speak to the crewmembers of a fishing vessel. Anzio is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Matthew Bash/Released)

090924-N-0789J-241 INDIAN OCEAN (Sept. 24, 2009) The visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team, assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) and U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team 91104 board the Anzio during a simulated boarding exercise. Anzio is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. (Royal Navy photo by Lt. Iain Jones/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

090924-N-0789J-236 INDIAN OCEAN (Sept. 24, 2009) The visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team, assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) and U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team 91104 board the Anzio during a simulated boarding exercise. Anzio is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. (Royal Navy photo by Lt. Iain Jones/Released)

090924-N-0789J-214 INDIAN OCEAN (Sept. 24, 2009) The visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team, assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) and U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team 91104 conduct a simulated boarding exercise. Anzio is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. (Royal Navy photo by Lt. Iain Jones/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

090913-N-6814F-190 GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 13, 2009) A Pakastani sailor assigned to the visit, board, search, and seizure team (VBSS) from the Pakistan navy destroyer PNS Khaibar (DDG 183) stands security during a VBSS boarding exercise aboard the Royal Australian navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156). The ships are part of combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian K. Fromal/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

090830-N-6814F-016 GULF OF ADEN (Aug. 30, 2009) Lt. j.g. Andrew Mechling, visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) lead boarding officer, speaks with other VBSS team members during an approach operation on a dhow near the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68). Anzio is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian K. Fromal/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

090717-N-1655H-206 INDIAN OCEAN (July 17, 2009) Members of the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team of the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) lower a rigid hull inflatable boat into the water during a VBSS exercise involving Arleigh Burke and the South African Navy frigate SAS Amatola (F 145). Arleigh Burke recently departed Durban, South Africa with Amatola for a series of cooperative, at-sea exercises. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Holmes/Released)

 

[Excited Mid]

090913-N-6814F-190 GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 13, 2009) A Pakastani sailor assigned to the visit, board, search, and seizure team (VBSS) from the Pakistan navy destroyer PNS Khaibar (DDG 183) stands security during a VBSS boarding exercise aboard the Royal Australian navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156). The ships are part of combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian K. Fromal/Released)

some great security right there...without any bullets

 

[navy09]

Forget the magazine, I wanna know where his no shave chit is at.

 

[magnetfreezer]

Forget the magazine, I wanna know where his no shave chit is at.

Other nation's armed forces do occasionally fall under different grooming standards because of their different chains of command and traditions.

 

[HeyJoe]

Other nation's armed forces do occasionally fall under different grooming standards because of their different chains of command and traditions.

True, but why include image of "Stonewall" Jackson circa 1860s. In that timeframe, "our" nation grooming standards permitted quite flamboyant beards vvvv (Jackson's opposing nation's generals in same timeframe)

 

[BigRed389]

090717-N-1655H-206 INDIAN OCEAN (July 17, 2009) Members of the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team of the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) lower a rigid hull inflatable boat into the water during a VBSS exercise involving Arleigh Burke and the South African Navy frigate SAS Amatola (F 145). Arleigh Burke recently departed Durban, South Africa with Amatola for a series of cooperative, at-sea exercises. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Holmes/Released)

Don't think I'm in that one, but was there for it. Great times...they let us stay on for a while after we did our boarding drill. We ended the day by taking turns blasting a buoy with all the guns we had. South Africa is a great country to visit...by far the most fun we had.

 

[HeyJoe]

091218-N-1291E-001 GULF OF ADEN (Dec. 18, 2009) The visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) practice weapons handling and dry firing with both their primary and secondary weapons. Chosin is the flagship of Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Edgington/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

091215-N-0260R-012 GULF OF ADEN (Dec. 15, 2009) A visit, board, search and seizure team member provides security on a hatch in the deck while the rest of the team clears a mock vessel during a training evolution aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65). Chosin is the flagship of Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission-based mandate to actively deter, disrupt, and suppress piracy off the coast of Somalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brandon Raile/Released)