DAKAR, Senegal (July 21, 2011) - Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) and Senegalese boarding teams work together during a boarding of the fishing vessel Agnes 9, as part of the African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) program. 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)