Keywords: US Navy 030609-N-4374S-021 Members of the Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure (VBSS) team from the aegis cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72).jpg en Baltic Sea Jun 9 2003 -- Members of the Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure VBSS team from the Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf CG 72 depart for a training exercise aboard the Russian Naval ship RFS Nastoychivyy during the annual maritime exercise Baltic Operations BALTOPS 2003 The United States and 12 other nations are participating in this year's exercise BALTOPS 2003 is intended to improve interoperability between allies and Partnership for Peace countries by conducting a peace support operation at sea including exercises in gunnery replenishment-at-sea undersea warfare radar tracking mine countermeasures seamanship search and rescue maritime interdiction operations and scenarios dealing with potentially real world crises U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg RELEASED 2003-06-09 030609-N-4374S-021 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 7997 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Vella Gulf CG-72 Visit Board Search and Seizure BALTOPS 2003 |