Keywords: US Navy 030612-N-4374S-004 A member of the Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure (VBSS) team from the Aegis class, guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) boards a rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB).jpg en Baltic Sea Jun 12 2003 -- A member of the Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure VBSS team from the Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf CG 72 boards a rigid hull inflatable boat RHIB that is preparing to conduct a training exercise with the German Bremen class frigate FGS Lubeck F 214 during the annual maritime exercise Baltic Operations 2003 BALTOPS 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 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 2003-06-12 030612-N-4374S-004 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 8146 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Vella Gulf CG-72 BALTOPS 2003 Rigid-hulled inflatable boats of US Navy |