U.S. Navy Chief Hospital Corpsman Amber Smoker, center, an exercise medical lead, assists a Moroccan sailor in providing first aid to a Liberian coast guardsman portraying a casualty during maritime interdiction training aboard the Spanish Civil Guard patrol ship Rio Segura March 9, 2014, in Dakar, Senegal, as part of exercise Saharan Express 2014. Saharan Express is a counternarcotics and proliferation exercise that is part of Africa Partnership Station West. APS is an international security cooperation initiative facilitated by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa aimed at strengthening global maritime partnerships through training and collaborative activities in order to improve maritime safety and security in Africa.