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A US Coast Guard (USCG) Marine Safety and Security Team (MSST) in a RHIB (Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat) from an amphibious transport dock ship, prepares to board a suspect vessel off the coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska (AK) during Exercise ALASKA SHIELD/NORTHERN EDGE '05. The exercise, the largest homeland defense/security exercise ever conducted in Alaska, is the first opportunity within the state to integrate local, state and federal government responses to simulated emergencies, including natural disasters, terrorist attacks and other mass casualty scenarios
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Kodiak
State: Alaska (AK)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike B. Buytas, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
16/08/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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