Obangame Express brings a multinational approach to security African waters

Service members with the Royal Moroccan military provide covering positions during a boarding training evolution aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams as part of exercise Obangame Express 2022, March 15, 2022. Obangame Express 2022 is a maritime exercise designed to improve cooperation and increase maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea and West Africa coastal regions.



By Petty Officer 1st Class Fred Gray U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Atlantic Ocean Mar 22, 2022
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