A French sailor assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team with the French Navy destroyer Jean de Vienne (D 643) climbs a ladder tended by U.S. Navy Gunners Mate 2nd Class Douglas Sinclair, left, and Ensign Timothy McDaniel, the first lieutenant on the guided missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87), during a combined VBSS exercise in the Gulf of Oman Jan. 1, 2014. The Mason was deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.