Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Britten, an operations specialist from State College, Pa., assigned to USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), paints a wall at Pikine17A and HLM Pikine grade school during a community outreach project in Pikine. Gunston Hall is on a scheduled deployment in West Africa in support of APS West, an international initiative developed by Naval Forces Europe and Naval Forces Africa that aims to improve maritime safety and security in West and Central Africa.