DAKAR, Senegal (July 21, 2011) - A small boat crew from Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) delivers Coast Guard and Senegalese boarding teams to a fishing vessel off the coast of Senegal as part of an African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP). 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)