A Seychelles Coast Guard boarding team member confronts possible suspects while securing the vessel during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) exercise 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 Lieutenant Cheryl A. Collins/Released.)