Boarding team members from Mauritius set a perimeter throughout the target vessel as Chief Petty Officer Charles H. Johnson and Petty Officer 2nd Class John A. Wilcox, U.S. Navy maritime interdiction operations (MIO) experts, observe in the background during the counter piracy scenario of Cutlass Express 2013. Exercise Cutlass Express 2013 is a multinational maritime exercise in the waters off East Africa to improve cooperation, tactical expertise and information sharing among East African maritime forces in order to increase maritime safety and security in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Luis R. Chavez Jr/Released.)