GULF OF ADEN (Jan. 23, 2009) Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) ride through a wave while conducting a training exercise with the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland (F 79).
Mahan is part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, a multinational task force conducting counter-piracy operations in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Red Seat.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John K. Hamilton/Released)
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