Keywords: 080219-0-9999A-003.jpg en 080219-0-9999A-003 ARABIAN SEA Feb 19 2008 Members of the visit board search and seizure team assigned to the French frigate Guepratte F714 prepare to inspect a dhow in the Arabian Sea while coordinating with the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston Churchill DDG 81 The boarding team discovered at least 400 bottles of alcohol while searching the dhow Guepratte and Churchill are assigned to Combined Task Force CTF 150 and are conducting maritime security operations MSO throughout the Arabian Sea Gulf of Oman Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea MSO are focused on counter-terrorism defense of offshore and onshore maritime infrastructure counter smuggling counter-piracy and upholding international rights and freedoms U S Navy photo Released http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 55566 U S Navy photo Released 2008-02-19 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images by Alaniaris/PD uploads Wooden vessels in Arabian Sea Military history of the Arabian Sea USS Winston S Churchill DDG-81 |