DAKAR, Senegal (July 21, 2011) - Petty Officer 3rd Class Buddy Gavisk (RIGHT), from Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911), talks via hand-held radio to the boarding team officer, while supervising the crew of the fishing vessel, Agnes 9, as they make repairs to the ships engine during a African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) boarding with Coast Guard and Senegalese boarding teams. AMLEP is a branch of Africa Partnership Station (APS) that focuses on operating side-by-side with regional maritime services in order to stop and deter illicit transnational maritime activity by conducting these operations with African natives. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith/RELEASED)