COAST GUARD PLAYS SMUGGLER FOR NAVY BOARDING DRILL (FOR RELEASE)
SEATTLE (May 17, 2007) - Members of a boarding team from the Navy vessel USS Ingraham (FFG-61), homeported in Everett, Wash., came aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Alert, homeported in Astoria, Ore., to search for weapons and other contraband during a drill Wednesday. Ten members of the Alert's crew were hidden aboard the vessel playing the role of smugglers as part of the Trident Fury exercise on the waters west of Vancouver Island, B.C. Trident Fury is a joint training exercise developed by Canada's Pacific Joint Task Force Headquarters for the purpose of building a strong working relationship between the maritime and aviation forces of the United States and Canada.
Owner: U.S. Coast Guard
Videographer: PA2 Shawn D. Eggert
Size: 29 MB
Length: 48 sec.
Date Taken: 05-17-2007
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