141118-N-ZZ999-002 - SIMON’S TOWN, South Africa (Nov. 18, 2014) Participants of the final planning event for Exercise Cutlass Express 2015 pose for a group photo. Cutlass Express is a U.S. Africa Command-sponsored multinational maritime exercise designed to increase maritime safety and security in the waters off East Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Cheryl A. Collins/Released) Rear Admiral Bubele Mhlana (Flag Officer Fleet) is in the centre