DAKAR, Senegal (July 21, 2011) A small boat crew from Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) makes way toward a fishing vessel to be boarded as part of a African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) boarding with Coast Guard and Senegalese boarding teams. 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)